Map 1: Map of lower Chumbi Valley (Survey of India, 1923): Rinchengang is at the intersection of the Amo Chu Valley and the route from Jelep La.
Rinchengang[1][2][a]
(Tibetan: རིན་ཆེན་སྒང, Wylie: rin chen sgang, THL: rin chen gang, ZYPY: Rinqêngang)[9]
or Renqinggang[10][11]
(Chinese: 仁青岗村; pinyin: Rén qīng gǎng cūn) is a town in the Chumbi Valley and the headquarters of the Xia Yadong Township of Yadong County, Tibet region of China. It is in the valley of Amo Chu where the route from Sikkim's Jelep La pass meets Amo Chu. It is also close to the Bhutan–China border (Doklam area), which is currently in dispute. In December 2018, Rinchengang village had a population of around 550 people.[12] The inhabitants are engaged in animal grazing or work as forest rangers. Some also carry supplies to Chinese border troops.[12]
In 2003, the governments of India and China agreed to use Rinchengang as a border trade mart, along with Changgu in Sikkim.[13][11] It is also the corresponding trade mart for Sherathang.[14]
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India, White Paper I (1959), p. 108: "By order of Military Control Commission freedom of movement is not being permitted to our Trade Agents even in the vicinity where the Trade Agencies are located. For example the I.T.A. Yatung was not permitted to go to Rinchengang, only six miles from Yatung..."
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Mathou 2004, note 39, p. 405: "Renqinggang, also known as Rinchengang, is located south of Sharsingma in Yadong country."
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Shakabpa 2009, pp. 648–649: "In violation of Tibetan law, they [British troops] reached as far as Richen Gang, Dromo."
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Dozey, S. (1922), Darjeeling Past And Present: A Concise History Of Darjeeling District Since 1835, pp. 298–299 – via archive.org: "Further down is Yatung (13,200'); still further on is Richengang (9,530') where there is a collection of about 40 well-built houses."
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White 1971, p. 112: "At Rinchengong the road crossed the Am-mo-chhu [Amo Chu] by a substantial bridge, and our path opened out most lovely views, with splendid timber."
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Fatma 2017, p. 65: "She said there are fewer vehicles plying to Renchingang as there is no provision of staying back."
^Waddell 1905, p. 84.
^Kawaguchi 1909, p. 650.
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Xigazê Prefecture-Level City, KNAB place name database, retrieved 5 July 2021.
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"China-India border trade booms". Embassy of the People's Republic of China in India. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
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"Documents signed between India and China during Prime Minister Vajpayee's visit to China". Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. 23 June 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ ab陈林 楚武干 (14 December 2018). "Xīzàng rén qīng gǎng cūn: Shǒu biān hù guó lǜsè zhìfù_xīzàng xīnwén_zhōngguó xī cáng wǎng" 西藏仁青岗村：守边护国 绿色致富_西藏新闻_中国西藏网 [Renqinggang Village, Tibet: Keeping the Border and Protecting the Country and Becoming Rich Green]. www.tibet.cn.
^Mathou 2004, note 39, p. 405.
^Roy, Esha (2017-07-25). "Next to flashpoint, home tension bigger headache than China chill". The Indian Express.
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