Differing perceptions of the Line of Actual Control

<p>Differing perceptions or areas of differing perceptions was a theory to explain why border conflicts have arisen between China and India, since the <a href="/facts/Border_Peace_and_Tranquility_Agreement%2c_1993/h1U61crV">Border Peace and Tranquility Agreement, 1993</a> has been signed. It maintains that the two sides have different perception of where the <a href="/facts/Line_of_Actual_Control/ND1Dl6yn">Line of Actual Control</a> (LAC) between the territories of the two countries lies. Further, the Chinese have their own understanding of where the Indians perceive their LAC to be, and vice versa. For many decades India and China carried forward the differing perceptions theory.  
</p><p>India has called this as one of the causes for the loss of Indian territory to <a href="/facts/China%2527s_salami_slicing/MggKsRde">China's salami slicing</a>. The existence of areas of differing perceptions resulted in "overlapping areas of influence, extending from a few hundred meters to tens of kilometers" and was "one of the reasons for Chinese to enhance their transgressions in Ladakh".  
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Differing perceptions of the Line of Actual Control