India flips China’s renaming game in Arunachal
Beijing's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Guo Jiakun, labeled India's recent decision to adopt standard names for 27 locations and features in Arunachal Pradesh as illegal and void. He reiterated that China does not recognize the region as Arunachal Pradesh, which India had established, and firmly maintains that Zangnan region belongs to China.
China has been consistently renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh, releasing Chinese names for different locations since 2017 to assert its claims over the area. This week, India formally identified the 27 places and features by their standard names on the official Indian map, a move that China categorically rejects as futile and preposterous.
New Delhi asserts that the reality remains that Arunachal Pradesh is, remains, and will always be an integral part of India.
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