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In the center are Chen Yifan, representative of the Chinese Central Government and the Consolation Ambassador to Tibet, and MacMahon, representative of the British Government and Foreign Affairs Secretary of the British Raj
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On July 3, 1914, the Tibetan local government and the British secretly established new trade regulations during the “Shimla Conference.” The Chinese Government immediately informed the British Foreign Ministry, issuing the following statement:“The Government of China cannot arbitrarily give up one of its territories and shall never agree to sign the agreement. The Government of China refuses to recognize any agreement which Britain and Tibet might conclude independently either now or in the future.”
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