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