[Dog Gone]

Okay, best I can tell, we don't know how the Chinese ended up with part of Kashmir, and nobody really cares anymore, anyway.

Must be really choice real estate!

[swarthyguy]

Actually, the Aksai Chin is a high plateau overlooking Kashmir. Good high ground. Closest thing in comparison to Kashmir in the US is Colorado style geography with Ladakh being like a high desert area. OrthodoxPresby makes the correct differentiation between Aksai Chin and the part ceded to China. The latter is on the NE KAshmir border. Let's not even go the DurandLine; the socalled border between Pakistan and Afghanistan and how it bifurcates Pashtunistan in two.