[5] It is at the southwestern corner of the Tsari region, straddling Lhünzê County in the Shannan Prefecture of Tibet, and the Taksing Circle in the Upper Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh, India.

[6] According to former Indian Army chief V. P. Malik, Asaphila is a 100 km2 of densely forested mountainous area to the west of the town of Taksing in Arunachal Pradesh.

[7] China has built a trunk road[b] which circles around the Tsari region, passing by the village of Lung in the Subansiri valley, and through Charme, Chösam and Migyitun.

[9] After the war, the Chinese withdrew to their previous positions, except that they retained possession of the Longju area in the Tsari Chu valley.

[5] In May 2012 thirty soldiers of the People's Liberation Army entered Asaphila and destroyed an Indian patrol hut.