East Asia What is Mêdog? The isolated Chinese enclave in South Tibet, and How the illegal McMahon Line came into being

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Mêdog, an enclave on the other side of the mighty Himalaya mountains

It's always a very rainy region, it always rains.

 

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Roads to Mêdog
The altitude sharply drops from 7,756 meters to merely 155meters within just a couple of kilometers, could be one of the sharpest drop in the world

 

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Mêdog town

 

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Locations of the Bengal tigers images caputured in Mêdog forest, the local government suggests the travelers to avoid certain regions in Mêdog for the travelers own safety.