Beijing: Amid China’s recent attempts to stake its claim on Arunachal Pradesh, Beijing has released the fourth list of 30 new names of various places in the Indian state. India has been rejecting China’s attempt to change the names of places in Arunachal Pradesh. He says that this state is an integral part of the country and keeping it an “imaginary” name will not change this reality. The state-run ‘Global Times’ reported on Sunday that the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs released the fourth list of standardized geographical names in ‘Jangnan’. China calls Arunachal Pradesh ‘Jangnan’ and claims the state as part of South Tibet.
An additional 30 names for the region were posted on the ministry’s official website. This list will be effective from May 1st. The report said that in accordance with Article 13, this declaration states that place names in foreign languages that may harm China’s territorial claims and sovereignty rights are not to be directly quoted or translated without authorization. Will be done. The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs released the first list of “standardized names” of six places in “Jangnan” in 2017, while the second list of 15 places was released in 2021. After this, another list was released with the names of 11 places in 2023.
China is in tension after Sela tunnel
China’s recent rhetoric regarding claims on Arunachal Pradesh began when it lodged a diplomatic protest with India over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state. During this tour, Modi had dedicated to the nation the Sela Tunnel built at an altitude of 13,000 feet in Arunachal Pradesh. The Chinese Foreign and Defense Ministries had issued several statements presenting China’s claim on the area. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had on March 23 rejected China’s repeated claims on Arunachal Pradesh as “absurd” and said the border state was a “natural part of India”. . “This is not a new issue,” he had said in response to a question on the Arunachal issue after delivering a lecture at the ‘South Asian Studies Institute’ of the National University of Singapore (NUS). I mean China has claimed, it has reiterated its claim. These claims were absurd from the beginning and remain absurd even today.
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He had said, I think we have been very clear on this and we have had a uniform stand. I think you know this is something that is part of the ongoing border talks. China is also angry with America’s statement recognizing Arunachal Pradesh as part of Indian territory.
What did the US State Department say
US State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel had said on March 9, “The United States recognizes Arunachal Pradesh as Indian territory and we strongly oppose any unilateral attempt to make territorial claims through military or civilian infiltration or encroachment across the Line of Actual Control.” Strongly oppose the attempt. China’s Foreign and Defense Ministry had criticized the US statement and said that the China-India border issue is a matter between the two countries and has nothing to do with America.