Beijing: China has launched a 3rd set of names in Chinese, Tibetan and pinyin characters for Arunachal Pradesh, as a part of its efforts to reemphasise its declare over the Indian state. China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs on Sunday launched the standardised names of 11 locations for Arunachal Pradesh, which it calls “Zangnan, the southern part of Tibet” in accordance with rules on geographical names issued by the State Council, China’s cupboard.
The official names of the 11 locations had been launched on Sunday by the ministry, which additionally gave exact coordinates, together with two land areas, two residential areas, 5 mountain peaks and two rivers and listed the class of locations’ names and their subordinate administrative districts, state-run Global Times reported on Monday.
This is the third batch of standardised geographical names for Arunachal Pradesh issued by China’s civil affairs ministry. The first batch of the standardised names of six locations in Arunachal was launched in 2017, and the second batch of 15 locations was issued in 2021.
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India has beforehand dismissed the Chinese transfer of renaming some locations in Arunachal Pradesh, asserting that the state has “always been” and can “always be” an integral a part of India and that assigning “invented” names doesn’t alter this truth. “This is not the first time China has attempted such a renaming of places in the state of Arunachal Pradesh,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi mentioned in December 2021.
“Arunachal Pradesh has always been, and will always be an integral part of India. Assigning invented names to places in Arunachal Pradesh does not alter this fact,” he had mentioned.
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The Global Times, which is a part of the ruling Communist Party’s mouthpiece People’s Daily group of publications, quoted Chinese consultants as saying that the announcement of names is a reliable transfer and China’s sovereign proper to standardise the geographical names.
The first set of names was introduced by China in 2017 days after the Dalai Lama’s go to to Arunachal Pradesh. China was sharply crucial of the Tibetan non secular chief’s go to. The Dalai Lama fled from Tibet by way of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh and sought refuge in India in 1959 after China took army management of the Himalayan area in 1950.
