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A Chinese Army officer (L) tries to tie the barbed fences with an Indian soldier at the Nathula Pass about 14,500 feet above sea level at the Indo–China Border on Wednesday, July 5, 2006 . The trade route passes through the Himalayas at about 14,500 feet above sea level and was closed in 1962 during the India-China war. The Nathu-La mountain pass, known as the old silk route, will be opened on July 6 by India and China for trade EPA/STR