evidence: But nonetheless, what that agreement did is essentially de facto India recognizing Tibet as a region of China—that was in 1954. Fast forward many decades: in 2003, India went further and recognized the Tibet Autonomous Region as a part of the territory of China. But in ‘54, what you did see is India essentially saying, we don’t think of Tibet as independent, we are now negotiating with China on the issue of Tibet. [...] Now, part of the reason that was not negotiated, and this was a wrong assumption on Nehru’s part, is Nehru assumed the boundary was settled and was settled as part of the agreement because China didn’t bring it up. China did not consider it settled. And this is, again, where Tibet comes in. India discovers that China doesn’t consider it settled when they suddenly note that there’s a road that China’s built to consolidate its own control linking Tibet and Xinjiang. India says, wait, this is on territory we claim. And that’s when you really see this border issue come to the fore. And you see this Tibet link also in India’s east. So, this was all in the western sector in what India calls Ladakh, areas China claims as Aksai Chin. But even in the eastern sector, China claims a part of territory India identifies as the state of Arunachal Pradesh—China calls it South Tibet.