Sino-Pakistan Agreement

The Boundary Agreement between China and Pakistan, 1963
Agreement on the boundary between China's Sinkiang and the contiguous areas
Signed	2 March 1963
Location	Peking
Effective	2 March 1963
Original; signatories	Marshal Chen Yi, Plenipotentiary of the Government of the People's Republic of China; Z. Ali Bhutto, Plenipotentiary of the Government of Pakistan;
Parties	China; Pakistan;
Citations	[1]
Languages	Chinese, English, Urdu
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	中华人民共和国政府和巴基斯坦政府关于中国新疆和由巴基斯坦实际控制其防务的各个地区相接壤的边界的协定 at Wikisource

The Sino-Pakistan Agreement is a 1963 document between the governments of Pakistan and China establishing the border between the two countries in the disputed Kashmir region.

The resulting border followed the 1899 Macartney–MacDonald Line as modified by Lord Curzon in 1905 in its essence (see Map 3 below). Pakistan also recognised Chinese sovereignty over lands it control in Ladakh, while China recognised Pakistani control over parts of Kashmir it administered. However, Indian writers have insisted that in this transaction, Pakistan ceded approximately 5,300 km² (2,050 sq mi) of territory to China, while Pakistani writers maintain that Pakistan did not cede any area under its control, and instead was ceded 1,900 km² (750 sq mi) of territory by China. India claims the agreement is invalid, and claims sovereignty over part of the land. In addition to increasing tensions with India, the agreement shifted the balance of the Cold War by bringing Pakistan and China closer together while loosening ties between Pakistan and the United States.