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KenGrok
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Answer: the landscape is of occupied territory

07/14/06 01:57 PM

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Your suggestion led me to look along China's borders and I found the area represented in the scale model. It's of territory occupied by China but claimed by India, north and south of the east end of the Karakoram range. The borders in this region are shown in red rather than yellow to indicate the dispute.

The Indian name (or Uighur, apparently) for the main area under dispute is Aksayqin Hu. If you look at a map you'll see that there are three such regions like this. A smaller one to the south is part of the scale model. A third one father west is not: the valley directly northeast of K2. Presumably it is so inaccessable in the first place that it's not of concern to the Chinese planners.

The whole area is extremely desolate. There aren't many hi-res shots of the border areas. I've included a link to about the only thing more interesting than bare dirt or ice: a hilltop fortifcation. To the east of it one can see a few groupings of artillery positions (without the hardware).

Still, this doesn't tell of what the purpose of the model is.

A couple more observations about it:
- Its dimensions are almost exactly 700 x 900 m
- At first I though that the grey-colored regions of the model represented those areas that area accessable by graded roads. This appears not always to be the case. One theory: all the trucks parked next to the model brought in recruits who are, centimeter by centimeter, in the process of painting the whole thing something other than the red it is made of.

Added 21 July
Here's what, for example, Wikipedia has to say about Aksai Chin
Wikipedia article on Aksai Chin

Edited by KenGrok (07/20/06 11:34 PM)

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China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	KenGrok	06/29/06 04:38 AM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	PriceCollins	04/09/07 09:04 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscap	Lrae	04/10/07 03:17 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscap	Ender_Wiggin	06/22/08 02:35 AM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscap	ganfei	11/04/06 04:45 AM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	blairmac	10/30/06 06:31 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	Benjamin_Becker	09/20/06 04:48 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	Braham_S_Aggarwal	09/20/06 11:00 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	wellew	09/01/06 08:50 AM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	paul_z	09/01/06 08:05 AM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	SkyWolf	08/16/06 02:17 AM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	icetoo	08/20/06 09:12 AM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	Braham_S_Aggarwal	08/20/06 12:38 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	whitecue	08/21/06 11:07 AM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	Braham_S_Aggarwal	08/21/06 12:35 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscap	jeffryv	08/13/06 10:39 PM
Opinions on the Xinhua photo that might be HYT	KenGrok	09/02/06 07:44 PM
Re: Opinions on the Xinhua photo that might be HYT	Michael_Lynch	10/05/06 11:12 AM
Re: Opinions on the Xinhua photo that might be HYT	KenGrok	10/05/06 12:33 PM
No luck so far	KenGrok	10/01/06 11:54 AM
Possible real photo of the site?	KenGrok	08/08/06 05:22 AM
Re: Possible real photo of the site?	spitfirexyz	08/08/06 05:51 AM
Re: Possible real photo of the site?	Braham_S_Aggarwal	08/08/06 07:21 AM
Re: Possible real photo of the site?	whitecue	08/21/06 10:20 AM
Article in the Indian Express	KenGrok	08/07/06 01:58 PM
Re: Article in the Indian Express	Braham_S_Aggarwal	08/07/06 11:58 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscap	doniv79	08/04/06 04:08 AM
Thanks for the background information!	KenGrok	08/04/06 06:12 AM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	chickenswitch	08/04/06 02:43 AM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscap	Jumble	08/03/06 12:44 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscap	KenGrok	08/03/06 01:03 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	dogstar7	07/31/06 06:50 AM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	PETSA	07/28/06 11:49 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscap	jeffryv	07/21/06 09:33 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	WorldWatch	07/21/06 07:41 AM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	charliebouy	07/20/06 08:44 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscap	agraveman	07/20/06 02:28 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscap	unknownz	07/20/06 08:24 AM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	Delta102	07/20/06 12:10 AM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	spitfirexyz	07/21/06 03:05 AM
Thanks for the news about the news. Check the blog	KenGrok	07/20/06 11:31 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	cnick6	07/19/06 04:39 AM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscap	donrico	07/20/06 01:15 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscap	jwelgan	07/19/06 12:32 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	KenGrok	07/19/06 09:42 AM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscap	BabaJehangir	07/19/06 07:38 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	Felippo	07/15/06 10:21 AM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	stiuskr	06/29/06 04:49 AM
Answer: the landscape is of occupied territory	KenGrok	07/14/06 01:57 PM
Re: China - Huangyangtan - Scale model of landscape?	stiuskr	07/15/06 11:54 AM

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