With Dalai Lama to Tawang, India Stands up to Pressure from Beijing

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Indrani Bagchi, Dalai Lama to Taiwan, India stands up to Pressure from Beijing. The Times of India, Apr 2, 2017.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.c ... leshow/57976863.cms

Quote:

"China's 'objections' to rail link to Tawang is specious, say Indian officials. 'They cannot have double standards - China, then, should not run roads through Aksai Chin either.'

"With China intensifying its pressure on India across a broad spectrum of issues - from blocking India in NSG to colluding with Pakistan on tactical nuclear weapons -- India is quietly, but surely pushing back. India has effectively junked reiteration of the one-China policy for over six years now, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj sharply connecting it to China's acceptance of a 'one-India' policy. New Delhi has increased its interactions with Taiwan, making it more visible.

My comment:
(a) Perhaps "Taiwan" in the title means Tawang, instead. See Tawang
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawang
(a town in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh)

The state name means "Land of the Dawn-Lit Mountains in Sanskrit."  en.wikipedia.org
(b) China does not have rail to Aksai Chin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksai_Chin
(administered by China as part of 新疆维吾尔自治区 和田地区和田县; In 1962, China and India fought a brief war over Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh; section 1 Name: in dispute; The area is largely a vast high-altitude desert with a low point (on the Karakash River) at about 4,300 m; Aksai Chin was easily accessible to the Chinese, but was more difficult for the Indians on the other side of the Karakorams [mountain range] to reach)

China's 1955 building of road to Aksai Chin -- National Highway G219
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_National_Highway_219
(map [Chinese name: 新藏公路，G219国道 with G for 国])
-- led, in part, to the 1962 war with India.

(c) "They [Chinese] have refused to allow pilgrimages via Demchok in Ladakh citing 'disputes,' on territory again occupied by India. While China participates in border trade at Nathu La, they refuse to do so at Shipki La, again citing 'dispute.' "
(i)
(A) Demjok
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demjok
(also spelled Demchok; a village on an old route linking Ladakh and Tibet)

In the map of this Wiki page, you can see the outline of Aksai Chin (northeast of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir). Again, Demjok is remote from Aksai Chin.
(B) Ladakh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladakh
("land of high passes"/a region; Aksai Chin in the northeast)
(ii)
(A) Shipki La (Chinese: 什布奇山口) is a mountain pass where the river Sutlej (its indian name; this river empties into Indus River), which is called Langqên Zangbo 朗钦藏布 in Tibet, enters India (from Tibet) through this pass. The mountain pass connects Indian state of Himachal Pradesh with Tibet (not 新疆). en.wikipedia.org (which has not map, so there is no need to visit).

* Himachal Pradesh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh
(literally "Snow-abode"/ an Indian state; bordered by Jammu and Kashmir on the north [Ladakh specifically])

Judging from the relative  location of Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh, you know Demchok is north of Shipki La, though I can not find a map that contains both.
(B) See Map 1 in
The History of Sino-Indian Relations and the Border Dispute between the Two Countries (3). Resurgent India, Jan 16, 2015
http://new.resurgentindia.org/th ... he-two-countries-3/

, which shows "Shipki Pass" is far apart from Aksai Chin.
(iii) Nathu La
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathu_La
(Chinese: 乃堆拉山口; a mountain pass; connects the Indian state of Sikkim with China's Tibet; at 4,310 m (14,140 ft) above mean sea level)
(iv) For the meaning of "la," see Zoji La
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoji_La
("the suffix 'La' itself means pass in several Himalayan languages")

(d) Regarding quotation 2.
(i) NSG stands for Nuclear Suppliers Group
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Suppliers_Group
(controlling the export of materials, equipment and technology that can be used to manufacture nuclear weapons
(ii) Pranab Dhal Samanta, One China? What about One India policy: Sushma Swaraj to Wang Yi. Indian Express, June 12, 2014
http://indianexpress.com/article ... icy-sushma-to-wang/
("External Affairs Minister [a woman] raised concerns over Chinese military presence in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir [acronym: POK] and stapled visas for residents of Arunachal Pradesh")