China, which is seeking the reopening of the old trade route through Sikkim ... trade with India through the Sikkim corridor and claims that a treaty between Tibet and Sikkim would be tantamount ...

Giant warehouses and roads have been constructed on both sides of the 4 500m Nathu La pass, which once accounted for 80% of the border trade between ... route, which runs from Sikkim to Tibet.

including the revival of the Himalayan trade route between the two countries.' Any agreement on Sikkim may also eventually allow Urgyen Thinley, recognised as the karmapa, or spiritual head ...

Situated at a height of 4,290 metres, it once witnessed a flourishing border trade in wool, machine parts, tea and other goods. But the 1962 war and Sikkim's merger with India in 1974 ended the trade.

China, which is seeking the reopening of the old trade route through Sikkim ... trade with India through the Sikkim corridor and claims that a treaty between Tibet and Sikkim would be tantamount ...