A truck makes its way through the hill t

BARDANG, INDIA: A truck makes its way through the hill tracks past a billboard on the proposed re-opening of the Nathu La Pass, the India-China border between India's Sikkim state and China's Tibet region, at Bardang, some 30 kms south of Gangtok, capital city of the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim, 03 July 2006. Indian and Chinese officials finalized 06 July 2006 as the date for formal trading to begin at the 15,000-feet (4,545 metre) Nathu La Pass on the border between India's Sikkim state and China's Tibet region. AFP PHOTO Deshakalyan CHOWDHURY (Photo credit should read DESHAKALYAN CHOWDHURY/AFP via Getty Images)