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

 

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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 Fu Quanyou arrived in Medog via a military helicopter to inspect the border troops, he was shocked to find that all the PLA 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 PLA 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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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

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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Aerial photo taken on Nov. 5, 2020 shows the Mainling section of the highway linking Pad Township in the city of Nyingchi and Medog County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Construction of a highway passing through the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, known as the world's deepest canyon with a maximum depth of 6,009 meters, was completed in 2021 in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.


Photo taken on Aug. 18, 2020 shows the Doxong Pass and tunnel exit on the highway linking Pad Township in the city of Nyingchi and Medog County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Construction of a highway passing through the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, known as the world's deepest canyon with a maximum depth of 6,009 meters, was completed in 2021 in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The project took almost seven years to complete. A 2,114-meter tunnel was dug through in May 2021, marking the completion of the major construction of the 67.22-km road connecting Pad Township in the city of Nyingchi and Medog County. (Photo by Dong Zhixiong/Xinhua)