China came late in the picture after Pakistan illegally gifted a part of Kashmir(Aksai Chin) to China(Pakistanis need to ask why didnt they ask for peoples wishes this time,lol).
But i was talking about the time just after the conflict.According to U.N. resolutions Pakistan must have withdrawn all its forces from Azad Kashmir,after that India would have deployed minimom forces required to maintain peace in all Kashmir(i.e. IOK and Azad Kashmir both) and then a referendum would have taken place under the supervision of these forces.
But as expected Pakistan failed to meet the above criterias and referendum didnt took place.
Now after so many years we dont have any moral obligations to hold referundum especially after the fact that Pakistan has actively supported Terrorists to harm India
Pakistan never gifted Aksai Chin, Pakistan never had Aksai Chin to begin with, in fact Ayub Khan saw this coming & made India an offer of joint defense Aksai Chin is a freaking
38,000 sq km piece of real state ! Ayub's offer was straight save 38, 000 sq km & accede us just 10, 000 sq km in the valley & you still get to keep a freaking 28,000 sq km of territory ! pak @ that time had all the quality weapons from the west, one could ask for, it was a member seato & cento, stationing a few state of the Art weapons from America & the Mid-East in Aksai Chin especially against China was quite an easy task & he had the assurances as well ,but India being the rigid type that it was
Refused ! after the debacle that India had suffered China entered in to
Shsakham valley & gave two choices to us which was loose it like India with a beating or give it to us respectfully, any sane person would have taken the later, Aksai Chin was with India, till it lost it to china ,from 1959 to 1962 period when, China started claiming that Area & started to encroach it , India reacted to it & send its forces to an offensive to drive the PLA out which was known as the forward policy , & China went ferocious & retaliated with a full fledged invasion of Aksai Chin & Northeast India & successfully captured Aksai Chin & Arunachal Pradesh & parts of Assam , India went on an panic mode , China cultivated a brilliant strategy of a two pronged successful invasion & announced a unilateral cease fire & a retreat offer from the north east India only, with China getting Aksai Chin & a few small parts of utarkhand & himachal ,it was a loose one or both situation, with India choosing to loose one (Aksai Chin)