China invited Japan and Korea to set up an observatory

According to the Indian daily Times of India , a Chinese scientist on April 15 said that the Nuclear Association of East Asian Observatories includes China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, has just asked to choose. Aksai Chin is one of two locations to build a joint astronomical observatory.

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According to Xinhua, the association surveyed many other locations on the Qinghai Plateau - Tibet and the Plateau Pamirs in the Xinjiang autonomous region, but favored Aksai Chin (Tibet) location, which was China Named the monk Tuyen Tuyen Ha (Shiquanhe), and the new observatory can be set up this year.

The association also called on Korea and Japan to contribute to the establishment of that science base.

Yao Yongqiang, head of the research team at the National Academy of Observatories, said the new observatory would allow Chinese, Korean, and Japanese scientists to design telescopes. extremely strong and jointly implement joint research programs.

The problem is that Aksai Chin is a former Indian-controlled territory, located in the area called Jammu and Kashmir, which was occupied by China after the 1962 border war India. This is still constantly asserting its sovereignty over the lands occupied by China.

According to Indian experts, China's proposal regarding the observatory is an attempt to complicate the Aksai Chin sovereignty dispute by pleading science to entice Japan and South Korea to enter. . That move, if successful, would add to the legitimacy of China's claim to sovereignty, and make it more difficult for India to establish its sovereignty over the disputed area.

At the same time, China also attacked India in the South China Sea record, as it continued to demand India abandon oil exploration contracts off Central Vietnam. China's demand was once again rejected by the Indian Foreign Minister on a recent meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.