Friday, May 10, 2013

Chinese incursion will affect the already dwindling border trade

My article Chinese incursion will affect the already dwindling border trade
appeared yesterday in DNA.
 
Although for centuries, the Himalayas were a natural barrier between the Tibetan plateau and the Indian subcontinent, it was also a space of exchange. It witnessed a constant flow of knowledge, traditions and goods transiting up and down from far-away places in Central Asia, China or Mongolia to the entire subcontinent.
In October 1950, China invaded Tibet and soon after the Liberation Army began occupying the high plateau; exchanges gradually stopped.

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