India in the Global Power Aspirations of China

The Shaksgam valley, whose access is through Aksai Chin, is a part of the Gilgit Agency and home to 242 glaciers. It is the most glaciated region on earth after North Pole and South Pole.The Shaksgam

The Shaksgam valley, whose access is through Aksai Chin, is a part of the Gilgit Agency and home to 242 glaciers. It is the most glaciated region on earth after North Pole and South Pole. The Shaksgam valley was handed over by British under Operation Datta Khel to Pakistan as part of the Gilgit Agency. Subsequently, the valley was given by Pakistan to China in 1963 as part of Sino-Pakistan Boundary Agreement. In Sin-kiang Taklamakan desert, which is located north of Siachen Glacier, is a green oasis where there is a newly built manufacturing facility which is likely to alter the geostrategic dimensions of US, China and India because this facility is going to be the world’s largest manufacturing unit of polysilicon, which is an intermediate product to manufacture Silicon wafers.