East Asia What is Mêdog? The isolated Chinese enclave in South Tibet, and How the illegal McMahon Line came into being

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What is Mêdog? The isolated Chinese enclave in South Tibet, and How the illegal McMahon Line came into being​

How illegal The McMahon Line came into being and why China withdrew after 1962 China-India border war



1986年傅全有视察墨脱时，发现300名解放军都没穿军装，为何？
In 1989, PLA general Fuquanyou arrived in Medog via a military helicopter to inspect the border troops, he was shocked to find out all the soldiers wore various civilian clothes but not PLA uniforms, later he learned that because Medog was a totally cut off enclave on the southern slope of the Himalaya Mountains with no road connections, No supplies, including PLA uniforms could be delivered into the Medog region. Many times these border soldiers had to hunt in the jungle for their own food.

Mêdog was the last Chinese county being connected by roads in 2013.

 

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The last Chinese county being connected by roads in 2013, the Last enclave in China

The altitude sharply drops from 7,756 meters to merely 155meters within just a couple of kilometers, could be one of the sharpest drop in the world.

 

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Today's Mêdog county in South Tibet, it's a vast region with a population of ony 20,000, is the least populated region in China , it is also the last county being connected with road networks with the rest of China.

Only after the highway connection, Mêdog really felt like coming back to China.

 

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Mêdog, an enclave on the other side of the mighty Himalaya mountains

It's always a very rainy region, it always rains.

 

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Mêdog, an enclave on the other side of the mighty Himalaya mountains

It's always a very rainy region, it always rains.

 

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Mêdog, an enclave on the other side of the mighty Himalaya mountains

It's always a very rainy region, it always rains.

 

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