Over a year after India and China reached a deal to end a protracted military standoff in eastern Ladakh, a fresh border tussle seems to be brewing over Shaksgam Valley in Jammu and Kashmir. The recent sharp exchange between India and China over the Shaksgam Valley has brought into renewed focus the strategically vital 5,000 sq km tract that New Delhi maintains was illegally ceded by Pakistan to China in 1963. With China already building key infrastructure in the valley as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPRC), it has raised concerns of the two all-weather friends sandwiching Indian positions.
Situated close to the Siachen Glacier in the eastern Karakoram range, the Shaksgam Valley, also known as the Trans Karakoram Tract, borders China's Xinjiang region in the north and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK) in the south and west. What seems to have India on its toes is China's construction of an all-weather road in the valley. Nearly 75 km of the road, around 10 metres wide, has reportedly been completed
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