Johnson Line and Macartney–MacDonald Line proposals

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The Johnson Line and Macartney–MacDonald Line proposals were historical British-drawn boundary lines in the western sector of the India–China frontier that later influenced competing territorial claims over the Aksai Chin region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial boundary scheme ⓘ
India–China border proposal ⓘ
historical boundary proposals ⓘ
appliesToRegion Aksai Chin ⓘ
western sector of the India–China frontier ⓘ
concernsBoundaryBetween British India ⓘ
Qing China ⓘ
linked to: Qing dynasty
concernsRegion Kashmir ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
documentedIn British colonial cartography ⓘ
drawnBy British officials in India ⓘ
drawnUnder British imperial strategic considerations ⓘ
hasConsequence ambiguity in the western sector boundary alignment ⓘ
basis for differing historical narratives by India and China ⓘ
hasPart Johnson Line ⓘ
Macartney–MacDonald Line ⓘ
hasSubject demarcation of the western India–China boundary ⓘ
influenced later Chinese territorial claims in Aksai Chin ⓘ
later Indian territorial claims in Aksai Chin ⓘ
laterInterpretedBy Government of India ⓘ
People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China
legalStatus unratified boundary proposals ⓘ
locatedInContextOf British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India
partOf history of Aksai Chin dispute ⓘ
history of the India–China border ⓘ
precedes modern Line of Actual Control in western sector ⓘ
relatedTo Ladakh border question ⓘ
Sino-Indian border dispute ⓘ
sourceOf overlapping territorial claims in Aksai Chin ⓘ
timePeriod late 19th century ⓘ

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Chinese-administered Aksai Chin region → associatedWith → Johnson Line and Macartney–MacDonald Line proposals ⓘ
India–China border → relatedTo → Macartney–MacDonald Line ⓘ
linked to: Johnson Line and Macartney–MacDonald Line proposals
Johnson Line and Macartney–MacDonald Line proposals → hasPart → Macartney–MacDonald Line ⓘ
linked to: Johnson Line and Macartney–MacDonald Line proposals
Johnson Line → contrastedWith → Macartney–MacDonald Line ⓘ
linked to: Johnson Line and Macartney–MacDonald Line proposals