[The Great Yazoo]

Kashmir remains the world's most highly militarized territorial dispute with portions under the de facto administration of China (Aksai Chin), India (Jammu and Kashmir), and Pakistan (Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas), but recent discussions and confidence-building measures among parties are beginning to defuse tensions; India does not recognize Pakistan's ceding lands to China in the 1965 boundary agreement; disputes with Pakistan over Indus River water sharing and the terminus of the Sir Creek Estuary at the mouth of the Rann of Kutch, which prevents maritime boundary delimitation; Pakistani maps continue to show Junagadh claim in Indian Gujarat State; most of the rugged, militarized boundary with China is in dispute, but sides have committed to begin resolution with discussions on the least disputed Middle Sector.

CIA The World Factbook 2004.

India has the same concerns about China as the British did about Russia when India was part of the British Empire. Those concerns led to what Kipling called "The Great Game;" essentially, the world's first Cold (and sometimes quite hot) War.

[The Incredible One]

India has the same concerns about China as the British did about Russia when India was part of the British Empire. Those concerns led to what Kipling called "The Great Game;" essentially, the world's first Cold (and sometimes quite hot) War.

The world has changed a lot since Kipling!! The Chinese and the Indians realise that a few thousand sq.mtrs dont count as much as a few billion dollars. And as I said India doesnt have many border issues in the Aksai Chin region. This is a thankless icy region. They do have mountian divisions which are ostensibly against the Chinese but can be moved to the eastern border with Pakistan or refitted into a plains division. I believe there were some skirmishes in the Aranchal Pradesh region but not in Aksai Chin. Besides the Chinese leadership do not take India too seriously as a threat. In the minds of the older chinese - Indians are meek and India is a pacifist nation that can always be tamed with a fierce stare. The newer generation of Chinese feel that a fierce stare and a business handshake makes better sense.