The southern Tibet region is the southern region of China's ** autonomous region, with an area of about 960,000 square kilometers, bordering India, Bhutan, Myanmar and other countries. The area is inhabited by many ethnic groups such as Tibetan, Menba, and Lhoba, and has abundant natural resources and unique cultural features. Historically, southern Tibet once belonged to the Tubo Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty and other dynasties.
In 1962, China and India fought a Sino-Indian border war on the border, in which China won the war, but retreated back to the Line of Actual Control after the war. The disputed area in southern Tibet is 960,000 square kilometers, China actually controls about 290,000 square kilometers.
Today, southern Tibet has become one of China's important ecological reserves and tourist destinations. The road to southern Tibet is blocked by the Himalayas, but the road in the Jiangxinpo area is flat and leads directly to southern Tibet. Jiangxinpo was originally the homeland of our country in history, and later became the territory of Myanmar due to historical reasons. If we can exchange land for Jiangxinpo in exchange for land, we will be able to connect southern Tibet with Yunnan and build a railway that will directly reach the hinterland of southern Tibet, and India's geographical advantage in southern Tibet can be completely offset.
The Medog Highway is a highway connecting Medog County to the outside world and costs 9500 million, which took 50 years to build, witnessing China's unremitting efforts in infrastructure construction over the past 50 years. The construction process of the highway is extremely tortuous, the technology is immature, the construction team is the best, and the shelving for many years makes the construction process extremely difficult. In the face of complex terrain and harsh climate, Chinese engineers need to take huge risks, and they need to constantly sum up experience and gradually overcome one difficulty after another.
In short, southern Tibet is an important region in China, with rich resources and unique culture, and is also one of the important ecological reserves and tourist destinations in China.