China on Thursday dismissed reports that said it had built a new village in Arunachal Pradesh , saying the construction activity was normal...
China on Thursday dismissed reports that said it had built a new village in Arunachal Pradesh, saying the construction activity was normal as it was undertaken within its “own territory”, reported PTI.
“China’s position on the east sector of the China-India boundary, or Zangnan region [the southern part of China’s Tibet], is consistent and clear,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said at a media briefing. “We have never recognised the so-called Arunachal Pradesh illegally established on the Chinese territory. China’s normal construction on its own territory is entirely a matter of sovereignty.”
The India-China border dispute covers the 3,488-km-long Line of Actual Control, which divides the areas of physical control rather than territorial claims. China has never recognised the de facto border, and currently claims 90,000 square kilometres of territory – nearly all of which constitutes Arunachal Pradesh. Beijing shows it as Southern Tibet in its map.
NDTV on Monday reported that China had constructed a new village of 101 homes, approximately 4.5 kilometres within the Indian territory, in Arunachal Pradesh. In its report, the news channel cited satellite images accessed by it. The village, located on the banks of the River Tsari Chu, in the Upper Subansiri district of the state could not...
