China's area increases by 1000 sq km, from Tajikistan Options

[northstar]

China's area increases by 1000 sq km

BEIJING: China, which has a land area of about 9.6 million sq km, the third-largest country in the world, will get 1,000 sq km more, thanks to Tajikistan which today agreed to cede a 130-year-long disputed territory to the neighbouring Communist giant.

The Majlisi Namoyandagon, Tajikistan's lower chamber of Parliament, ratified a protocol on demarcation of Tajikistan's common border with China.

This was decided at a regular sitting of the second session of the Majlisi Namoyandagon, presided over by its speaker Shukurjon Zuhurov, Tajikistan's news agency Asiaplus reported.

The protocol that was presented by Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi caused lively discussions, it said.

Zarifi noted that ratification of the protocol was an important political event and would promote further expansion of Tajikistan's ties with China.

According to him, territorial dispute at first between the Tsarist Russia and China, then between the Soviet Union and China and later between sovereign Tajikistan and China over some 28,500 square kilometers in the Pamirs rose in the second half of the 19th century.

"These disputable territories are nearly 20 per cent of Tajikistan's territory, while under the protocol, only 1,000 square kilometres, or 3 per cent of the disputable territories, are ceded to China," the minister said, claiming "victory" for Tajik diplomacy.

"I consider that signing of this protocol is the victory of Tajik diplomacy," the report quoted Zarifi as saying.

However, leader of the Islamic Revival Party (IRP) Muhiddin Kabiri said that ratification of that document contradicted the country's Constitution.

"Article 7 of the Constitution says the territory of Tajikistan is inseparable and inviolable," said Kabiri.

"Under the protocol, 1000 square kilometers of our territory will be ceded to China and it is the defeat of Tajik diplomacy," the MP said.

The leader of the Communist Party of Tajikistan (CPT) Shodi Shabdolov, for his part, noted that the main mistake of the Tajik government was non-transparency of the protocol on the boundary issue with China.

"Nobody had reliable information and many rumours were in society that allegedly a huge part of Tajik territory will be ceded to China," said Shabdolov.

The CPT leader noted that ratification of the protocol would put an end to almost 130-year territorial dispute between Tajikistan and China.

At the time of independence, portions of the Tajik boundary with China were not defined. This boundary dispute was settled in agreements signed in 2002 that ceded 1,000 square kilometers of Pamir mountain range to China in return for China relinquishing claims over 28,000 square kilometers of Tajik lands, the report said.

China also has territorial disputes with its other neighbours like India and Japan.

Located in East Asia, on the western shore of the Pacific Ocean, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has a land area of about 9.6 million sq km, and is the third-largest country in the world, next only to Russia and Canada, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry website.

[Hugham]

So the conclusion of this article, China is greedy and expansionist, without giving second perspective from China.

[Titanium]

YAY MORE LAND!

[ClassicalMusic]

I want and from russia

[HomoSapien]

Good for China and Tajikistan for settling disputes.

[Microsoft]

Ever since Vietnam and Russia had their high profile border disputes settled, I thought only India was the only country that had border disputes unsettled. Oh, I guess only major country with Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh, and Japan with Diaoyutai islets.

Yes, I want Mongolia.

This post has been edited by Microsoft: Jan 12 2011, 10:24 PM

[TMM]

Lol thats like another Hong Kong (FULL) added.

[Titanium]

This news will definitely upset alot of China haters........I say keep the hate coming

[InitialDJay]

it's just some desert land?

it's always positive when territorial dispute can be settled.

[newties21]

A great sacrifice from China for ceding 27000 km2 of land to Tajikistan.

Sometimes I wonder why is the PRC is so reconciliatory to its neighbours.

It signs all treaties by basically giving up and giving up, and just receive symbolic little crumbs.

[tianya]

That's just a piece of disputed land, which is coverred by mountains and gobi.
Look like this:


The city of tashkurgan

[InitialDJay]

it's a nice piece of land to store nuclear waste.

[KraterosHellas]

Ever since Vietnam and Russia had their high profile border disputes settled, I thought only India was the only country that had border disputes unsettled. Oh, I guess only major country with Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh, and Japan with Diaoyutai islets.

Yes, I want Mongolia.

vietnam and russia don't share any border

[tianya]

vietnam and russia don't share any border

But they all share border with china...

[northstar]

[ClassicalMusic]

Any lush green or just barren desert.

[charizardpal]

Just what China desperately need--more land. Hellish land too in the middle of a desert. And they're taking it from one of the poorest nations, its like taking candy from a baby.

I wonder what kind of pressure they applied on this country to force it to concede almost one percent of its land.

Edit: Oh I see, China was demanding 28,000 sq kilometres earlier, and the PM felt like he had no choice. Can't wait to see what happens with the islands China is claiming in the south sea.

This post has been edited by charizardpal: Jan 18 2011, 06:40 AM

[ClassicalMusic]

Just what China desperately need--more land. Hellish land too in the middle of a desert. And they're taking it from one of the poorest nations, its like taking candy from a baby.

I wonder what kind of pressure they applied on this country to force it to concede almost one percent of its land.

Its called border settlement

[Titanium]

Just what China desperately need--more land. Hellish land too in the middle of a desert. And they're taking it from one of the poorest nations, its like taking candy from a baby.

I wonder what kind of pressure they applied on this country to force it to concede almost one percent of its land.

Edit: Oh I see, China was demanding 28,000 sq kilometres earlier, and the PM felt like he had no choice. Can't wait to see what happens with the islands China is claiming in the south sea.

It's called geopolitics.