India, June 13 -- China has land borders with 14 countries. It has resolved its border issues with all other countries, but not with India.

India and China share a 3,488 km long border, which is a combination of the MacMahon Line in the east, the Johnson Line in the west, some clearly demarcated stretches of the International Border and some unresolved areas of Line of Actual Control (LAC) in northeast, Uttarakhand and Ladakh. It is in these unresolved areas that the Indian and Chinese Armies come face to face sometimes while carrying out border patrols.

Let us also examine a couple of relevant geographical facts. China is in illegal occupation of a large part of J&K-Aksai Chin, an area of 33,500 sq km and Shaksgam Valley, 5,180 sq km ...