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Nathu La Pass on Sino-Indian border closes

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Trade through the Nathu La Pass accounted for 80 percent of total crossborder trade between China and India in the early 1900s. (File/Oriental Morning Post)

Oct. 15 - Nathu La Pass on Sino-Indian border, which was reopened to trade in early July after having closed for 44 years following a conflict between the two nations, has been shut down again, but temporarily this time, according to an agreement between China and India.

Local sources said, quite a number of business people have chosen to stay behind at Tibet's Yadong, where the border trade market is located, and to seize the winter in making a good preparation for the start of the trading season, said an official with Yadong County Government.

Latest statistics given by the Tibet Autonomous¹ Regional Bureau of Commerce shows that altogether 1.49 million yuan (US$186,250) worth of imports and exports were done at the Renqinggang border trade market in Yadong, Tibet, in the past 51 normal trading days between July 6 and September30.

Commodities traded at the border trade market include gifts, business tools, bedding silk, daily necessities, and zanba, a Tibetan food made of roasted qingke barley² flour, for export, and rice, flour, candy and incense³ for import.

The fact that the meagre volume of border trade with the Renqinggang market has fallen short of the expectations is largely blamed on factors including restrictions⁴ placed on commodities for import and export on the part of India, a lack of a unified⁵ standards for commodity inspection⁶ and quarantine, a limited trading time as a result of the special climate in the Himalayan region, and bad infrastructure⁷.

Reopening of the Nathu La Pass does boost tourism in Yadong. Statistics provided by Yadong County Government says tourists made 7,000 visits to the county by September28 and raked in 1.67 million yuan in revenue, up 53 percent from comparable figure for 2005.

Trade through the Nathu La Pass accounted for 80 percent of total crossborder trade between China and India in the early 1900s. But after their border conflict in 1962, the two countries closed their customs chekck points at the former border markets and the trade route became a tightly guarded frontier with barbed wire.

Previously⁸, more than 90 percent of trade between China and India were shipped by sea instead, and via Tianjin -- a port city some 120 kilometers from Beijing but nearly 4,400 kilometers from Lhasa.

On July 6, China and India reopened border trade through the Nathu La Pass, which sits 4,545 meters above sea level and is wedged between Yadong County in Tibet's Xigaze Prefecture and India's Sikkim State.

With the reopening of the Nathu La Pass, it is only 1,200 kilometers by land from Lhasa to Calcutta, a major Indian coastal⁹ city.

When China opened a trade mart at Renqinggang, some 16 kilometers from the Nathu La Pass, India opened the Changgu mart in neighbouring Sikkim. However, while Indian business people can stay up at China's Renqinggang mart for the night, Chinese traders cannot spend the night at the Indian mart.

Both sides have also agreed that the border trade season would be from June through to September.

China does not impose any restrictions on crossborder trade except for illegal items, and hostels¹⁰ have been built to accommodate Indian traders.

India, however, only authorizes¹¹ the export of 29 kinds of commodities to be exported from India to China, and 15 items to be permitted to enter the Indian market from China.

The year 2006 has been designated the year of Sino-Indian friendship.

Information from the Chinese Ministry¹² of Commerce shows China and India recorded US$18.73 billion of trade last year, up 37.5 percent year-on-year. And the figure is expected to exceed US$20 billion this year.

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1 autonomous
adj.自治的；独立的
参考例句：
They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。 This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

2 barley
n.大麦，大麦粒
参考例句：
They looked out across the fields of waving barley.他们朝田里望去,只见大麦随风摇摆。 He cropped several acres with barley.他种了几英亩大麦。

3 incense
v.激怒；n.香，焚香时的烟，香气
参考例句：
This proposal will incense conservation campaigners.这项提议会激怒环保人士。 In summer,they usually burn some coil incense to keep away the mosquitoes.夏天他们通常点香驱蚊。

4 restrictions
约束( restriction的名词复数 )；管制；制约因素；带限制性的条件（或规则）
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I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。 a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

5 unified
(unify 的过去式和过去分词)；统一的；统一标准的；一元化的
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The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。 The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。

6 inspection
n.检查，审查，检阅
参考例句：
On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。 The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

7 infrastructure
n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施
参考例句：
We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。 We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

8 previously
adv.以前，先前（地）
参考例句：
The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。 Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

9 coastal
adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的
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The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。 This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

10 hostels
n.旅舍，招待所( hostel的名词复数 )；青年宿舍
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The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels. 学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。来自辞典例句 Are there any cheap hostels in Nanjing for one person? 南京有没有便宜的旅店可以一个人住？来自互联网

11 authorizes
授权，批准，委托( authorize的名词复数 )
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The dictionary authorizes the two spellings 'traveler' and 'traveller'. 字典裁定traveler和traveller两种拼法都对。 The dictionary authorizes the two spellings "honor" and "honour.". 字典裁定 honor 及 honour 两种拼法均可。

12 ministry
n.(政府的)部；牧师
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They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。 We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

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