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 Chinese-administered Aksai Chin region
surface form: Aksai Chin

western sector of the India–China frontier
concernsBoundaryBetween British India
Qing dynasty
surface form: Qing China
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
Johnson Line and Macartney–MacDonald Line proposals self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
China
surface form: People's Republic of China
legalStatus unratified boundary proposals
locatedInContextOf British India
surface form: British Raj
partOf history of Aksai Chin dispute
history of the India–China border
precedes India–China border
surface form: modern Line of Actual Control in western sector
relatedTo Ladakh border question
India–China border
surface form: 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 Johnson Line and Macartney–MacDonald Line proposals
this entity surface form: Macartney–MacDonald Line
Johnson Line and Macartney–MacDonald Line proposals hasPart Johnson Line and Macartney–MacDonald Line proposals self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Macartney–MacDonald Line