BEIJING:
Electric Bullet Train Inauguration in China: China launched its first fully electric powered bullet train on Friday in Tibet s remote Himalayan terrain. The bullet train runs between Lhasa, the province capital, and Nyingchi, a strategically positioned Tibetan border town near Arunachal Pradesh. The Lhasa-Nyingchi stretch of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway has been combined ahead of the reigning Communist Party of China s July 1 festivities.
Nyingchi is a town overseen by an appointed prefect by the Chinese government in Medog, on the Arunachal Pradesh border. Arunachal Pradesh is claimed by China to be a part of South Tibet.
India has categorically denied the accusations. The India-China border dispute stems from China s assertion that Arunachal Pradesh is part of South Tibet, which India categorically denies. The India-China border dispute extends over the 3,488-kilometer-long Line of Actual Control (LAC).