A dispute between China and India: the fate of the Tibet Autonomous Region and the southern states of Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh

China and India share a disputed 2,100-mile border, which has neither been settled on a map nor marked on its difficult mountainous and glacial terrain. Broadly, it runs between China’s Tibet Autonomous Region and the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh in the northeast, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, and the federally administered territory of Ladakh in the north. Neither the colonial British authorities nor the leaders of independent India were able to agree on the detailed alignment of a border with China.

Singh said no Indian soldiers were seriously hurt and troops from both sides withdrew from the area soon afterward. The Indian army said in a statement on Monday that troops on both sides had minor injuries.

“We ask the Indian side to strictly control and restrain front-line troops, and work with China to maintain peace and tranquility on the border,” Long said in a statement posted on his official social media.

“The current situation along the China-India border is peaceful and stable,” Wang Wenin said.

After multiple meetings between military commanders, some Indian and Chinese soldiers have pulled back from a key friction point in Ladakh, but tensions between the two Asian giants remain.

India staked claim to the alkaline desert of Aksai Chin after China invaded Tibet in 1950, after Prime Minister Nehru ordered official maps to be updated. India claimed control of the Aksai Chin, which had been completed in 1957 by China, but it was displayed by the Chinese to dispute their claim.