evidence: Last month Voice of America reported that Beijing had begun "construction of villages and settlements along its Himalayan borders". Bhutan "has not responded to reports of the Chinese settlements along its border". [...] Along with Taiwan, this is perhaps the most well-known of China’s territorial disputes. In 1950, China enforced a long-held claim on the Himalayan country and incorporated it with its own territory. Following an unsuccessful uprising in 1959, Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fled to India, where he set up a government in exile.