From Reuters:

At first sight, a 400-year-old Buddhist monastery, tucked deep in the Himalayas in a remote corner of India’s northeast, hardly seems like a highly coveted piece of real estate.

But Tawang Monastery, perched on a spur surrounded by clouds, is no ordinary abode for monks or nuns.

One of the last vestiges of Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism, the lamasery may hold the key to unlocking a decades-old border dispute between India and China. [Full Text]