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    China, India resume border trade at Nathu La Pass

    NATHU LA PASS, Tibet, July 6 (Xinhua) -- China and India restarted border trade Thursday through Tibet's Nathu La Pass, a historic trading route that has been closed for 44 years.

    A grand inaugural ceremony was held at the Sino-Indian border late Thursday morning to mark the reopening of the pass, a major trading point between the two countries before it was closed in 1962 following a border conflict.

    The Nathu La Pass sitting 4,545 meters above sea level is wedged between Yadong County of Tibet's Xigaze Prefecture and India's Sikkim State.

    Sikkim's chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling and the chairman of Tibet's regional government Qiangba Puncog were present at the ceremony.Together with other Chinese and Indian officials, they cut the ribbon for the reopening of the border pass.

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    China, India raise national flags at border pass to restart business

    NATHU LA PASS, Tibet, July 6 (Xinhua) -- China and India raised their national flags and played national anthems Thursday morning on the two sides of their borderline at Nathu La Pass.

    The two countries will hold a ceremony later to restart border trade through the pass, a historic trading route that has been closed for 44 years after a border conflict between the two countries.

    The pass bathed in glory Thursday as officials and businesspeople from both sides of the borderline gathered and waited for the historic moment.

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