China borders with fourteen countries and eight of these borders connect China through its western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (earlier called Sinkiang), which was created in 1955. Xinjiang is highly strategic region in China. It accounts for more than one sixth of China’s total territory and a quarter of its boundary length. The region connects with India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia.
The friendly border between China and Pakistan is actually the border between Gilgit-Baltistan and Xinjiang divided by Karakoran, Kunlun, and Tianshan mountains. The border was demarcated 58 years ago that laid down the foundation stone of the cemented ties between Pakistan and China.
