Line of Actual Control

English

Map of LaC

Proper noun

the Line of Actual Control

1. The line which separates the Indian-administered union territory of Ladakh from Chinese-administered territory of Aksai Chin.
   • 2022 December 13, Sameer Yasir, Emily Schmall, “Indian and Chinese Soldiers Again Trade Blows at Disputed Border”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 December 2022, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     For decades, India and China have been locked in a bitter dispute along a 2,100-mile border known as the Line of Actual Control. Indian defense officials say that Chinese military forces have been increasingly laying claim to territories that have long been under India’s control. […]
     India’s Army said in a statement on Monday that troops from each side had disengaged from the Line of Actual Control, which is patrolled by soldiers from both countries.

   • 2023 August 23, Wesley Rahn, Murali Krishnan, Yuchen Li, “BRICS: Can China and India overcome differences at summit?”, in Shamil Shams, editor, Deutsche Welle‎^[3], archived from the original on August 24, 2023, Politics‎^[4]:

     However, a major sore point in Indo-Chinese relations remains an ongoing standoff at the countries' de facto border, the Line of Actual Control (LAC), in the Himalayas, which analysts say is indicative of a larger rivalry.

Synonyms

• LAC (abbreviated form)

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 實際控制線／实际控制线 (sat⁶ zai³ hung³ zai³ sin³), 實控線／实控线

  Mandarin: 實際控制線／实际控制线 (Shíjì Kòngzhì Xiàn), 實控線／实控线

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• Line of Control

Further reading

• Line of Actual Control at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.