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Dalai Lama caught in the middle as China-India border dispute comes to the boil

Sat, 2009-11-07 06:38 — ABN

Anyone over the age of 62 in the town of Tawang has a unique claim to fame: they have lived under four national flags — British, Tibetan, Indian and Chinese.

The tiny outpost in northeastern India repeatedly changed hands in the chaos that accompanied the birth of Communist China and independent India. The last time was in 1962, when Chinese troops briefly overran the Himalayan town and the surrounding area, known today as the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

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