Tensions arose between China and India, after Beijing published a boundary map showing the disputed area between the two countries as their own. An aspect which infuriated the Indian government and was attested by its External Affairs Minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

“China has published maps of this kind in the past claiming territory it does not own. Publishing a map means nothing”First, he said, adding that these actions do not make these areas part of China’s sovereignty. “We are very clear about our territory. Making unreasonable claims doesn’t mean someone else’s territory belongs to you”, the minister told Indian television NDTV.

Among the territories listed as annexed by China is the Arunachal Pradesh region, which borders the Asian giant to the north. Beijing claims its sovereignty by considering the area part of the Tibetan autonomous region, by not recognizing it McMahon Line as the official border. A line agreed upon by Britain and Tibet as part of the Simla Treaty, is considered by India as a legal national border. China rejected the agreement, considering the Tibetan government “non-sovereign” and thus lacking the capacity to sign the agreement.

However, disputes over this territory since the creation of the Indian state in 1947 are not the only disputes currently being defended by Beijing and New Delhi. There are also other cases such as Aksai Chin is different from before, It is managed by China and India is the one who claims its sovereignty. Although New Delhi claims the area as part of the Ladakh district, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, the boundary line remains respected by both countries.

The world’s main disputed territory

Currently there are dozens of disputed territories between two or more countries. Apart from conflicts over sovereignty that China defends, some territorial conflicts where tensions are clearly visible are those of Crimea, Upper Karabakh, Gaza Strip, or the 38th Parallel, the dividing line that mirrors the border of the two Koreas.

There are also other non-autonomous territories that are in dispute between countries and, in the United Nations (UN) Organization, the countries involved have been summoned for years to meet with the aim of carrying out their decolonization. In this case, the most striking case is the case The Falkland Islands, as well as the Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, British Overseas Territory and sovereignty claimed by Argentina.

Apart from Malvinas, he belongs to this classification Gibraltarincluded in the list of Non-Self-Governing Territories of the United Nations since 1946 and belongs to the United Kingdom.