evidence: 5. The island of Taiwan, for example, remains the territory of the "Republic of China" that lost the Chinese Civil War in 1950. [...] 8. China also disputes two large territories with India. These are Aksai Chin, near Kashmir, with an area of 37,244 sq km, as well as Arunachal Pradesh ("South Tibet"), with 90,000 sq km. [...] 12. This could help China catch up a bit to the United States in maritime area – but at the risk of ecological and political destabilization in the region.