Chinese Military

When Chinese warlord Zhao Erfeng from neighbouring Sichuan Province tried to incorporate five Himalayan kingdoms (Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Ladakh) in 1910, little did he realise the implausibility of such a venture through brute military force. The British Indian government -- with Younghusband's forays into Tibet in 1903 through Jelep La -- proved to be equally shaky except for the trade routes they built through Nathu La that connected Lhasa with Calcutta (now Kolkata). Nearly a century later, the successor states, India and China, are charting out plans to trade through the same routes.

Power of the Chinese Military

When Chinese warlord Zhao Erfeng from neighbouring Sichuan Province tried to incorporate five Himalayan kingdoms (Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Ladakh) in 1910, little did he realise the implausibility of such a venture through brute military force. The British Indian government -- with Younghusband's forays into Tibet in 1903 through Jelep La -- proved to be equally shaky except for the trade routes they built through Nathu La that connected Lhasa with Calcutta (now Kolkata). Nearly a century later, the successor states, India and China, are charting out plans to trade through the same routes.

The Chinese Military Threat

When Chinese warlord Zhao Erfeng from neighbouring Sichuan Province tried to incorporate five Himalayan kingdoms (Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Ladakh) in 1910, little did he realise the implausibility of such a venture through brute military force. The British Indian government -- with Younghusband's forays into Tibet in 1903 through Jelep La -- proved to be equally shaky except for the trade routes they built through Nathu La that connected Lhasa with Calcutta (now Kolkata). Nearly a century later, the successor states, India and China, are charting out plans to trade through the same routes.

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