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Detailed explanation-1: -China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) (Chinese: ; pinyin: Zhōng bā jīngjì zǒuláng; Urdu: ) is a 3000 km Chinese infrastructure network project undertaken in Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-2: -New Delhi: India launched its second “information technology corridor” in China on Sunday to cash in on the burgeoning Chinese software market, which remained elusive despite the presence of top Indian tech firms in the large Asian nation.

Detailed explanation-3: -The McMahon Line named after Sir Henry McMahon is the effective boundary between China and India. It runs from the eastern border of Bhutan along the crest of the Himalayas until it reaches the great bend in the Brahmaputra River where that river emerges from its Tibetan course into the Assam Valley.

Detailed explanation-4: -China claims some 90, 000 sq km of Arunachal Pradesh-the entire state-as its territory. It calls the area “Zangnan” in the Chinese language and makes repeated references to “South Tibet”.