India launches programme to boost infrastructure along LAC with China
1 year, 9 months ago

India launches programme to boost infrastructure along LAC with China

Firstpost  

PM Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah travelled to Arunachal Pradesh on Monday to launch the Vibrant Villages Programme, which aims to improve living conditions and job prospects in five states and territories of India that lie along the LAC with China New Delhi: India has started a programme to invest in infrastructure and villages along the Line of Actual Control with China in an effort to increase its military and administrative presence there amid rising tensions between the two most populous nations in the world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah travelled to the sparsely populated north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh on Monday to launch the Vibrant Villages Programme, which aims to improve living conditions and job prospects in five states and territories of India that lie along the LAC with China. The Indian Army and the People’s Liberation Army of China had engaged in a bloody hand-to-hand fight in Arunachal Pradesh last December, in which several soldiers from both sides had sustained injuries. After Modi visited the region in 2015, China summoned India’s ambassador to object, claiming that the entire disputed territory is part of Tibet, which is currently occupied by the Chinese.

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How India is countering China's provocation on LAC, borders
6 months, 3 weeks ago

How India is countering China's provocation on LAC, borders

Firstpost  

Indian and Chinese troops locked in frequent clashes along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh since 2020, India actively ramping up infrastructure development along its border with China. China has actively been investing in BRI projects across Pakistan-occupied Kashmir besides claiming Arunachal Pradesh as part of Beijing’s expansionist policy. Infrastructure push after Galwan clash The June 2020 violent …

China releases 30 more names for places in Arunachal Pradesh despite India's strong objection over issue
9 months, 2 weeks ago

China releases 30 more names for places in Arunachal Pradesh despite India's strong objection over issue

India TV News  

Beijing: China has released a fourth list of 30 new names of various places in Arunachal Pradesh amid Beijing’s stepped-up assertions in recent weeks to re-emphasise its claim over the Indian state. India has been rejecting China renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh, asserting that the state is an integral part of the country and assigning "invented" names does not alter …

China to host 3rd Trans-Himalaya Forum near Arunachal Pradesh amid tensions with India
1 year, 3 months ago

China to host 3rd Trans-Himalaya Forum near Arunachal Pradesh amid tensions with India

Firstpost  

This comes just after China denied visas to Indian athletes from Arunachal Pradesh for the Asian Games China is set to host the 3rd Trans-Himalaya Forum for International Cooperation in Nyingchi, Tibet – merely 160 km from India’s Arunachal Pradesh – this week, potentially escalating tensions between New Delhi and Beijing. “At the special invitation of the Foreign Minister of …

Chinese envoy calls for bolstering bilateral ties with India after Beijing denies visa to Arunachal athletes
1 year, 3 months ago

Chinese envoy calls for bolstering bilateral ties with India after Beijing denies visa to Arunachal athletes

India TV News  

As India lodged a strong protest over China's visa denial for players from Arunachal Pradesh for the ongoing Asian Games, Zha Liyou, the Consul General of China in Kolkata, called for strengthening bilateral ties between two countries, which is in the "fundamental interest" of both sides. Zha avoided giving any direct answers to the row involving visa denial to Arunachal …

China provokes India again, releases new map claiming Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as its territory
1 year, 4 months ago

China provokes India again, releases new map claiming Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as its territory

India TV News  

China has again enraged New Delhi by incorporating India's integral regions such as Arunachal Pradesh, and Aksai Chin in their latest edition of the map released on Monday. The so-called standard map released on the website and social media platforms of the state news publication, Global Times, included the disputed areas including Arunachal Pradesh, Aksai Chin region, Taiwan and the …

How China's Xi Is Using Bhutan To Corner India | India’s World Ep#1
1 year, 5 months ago

How China's Xi Is Using Bhutan To Corner India | India’s World Ep#1

Hindustan Times  

How China's Xi Is Using Bhutan To Corner India | India’s World Ep#1 China is back to its old tricks. However, the real motive behind China’s outreach is a sinister attempt to corner India in its own backyard. #China #Doklam #Bhutan #ChinaBhutanTies #IndiaVsChina #ChinaPLA #Galwan #chinaarmy Hindustan Times Videos bring you news, views and explainers about current issues in India …

No visible encroachment by China since 1962: Arunachal Pradesh BJP team
1 year, 7 months ago

No visible encroachment by China since 1962: Arunachal Pradesh BJP team

The Hindu  

There has been no visible encroachment of land in Arunachal Pradesh by Chinese troops or civilians since 1962, a Bharatiya Janata Party team has found after a four-month tour covering all the villages and defence outposts along the Line of Actual Control. “There is no visible encroachment of our State’s land by the members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army …

India’s ties with China ‘abnormal’ due to border violation: S Jaishankar
1 year, 8 months ago

India’s ties with China ‘abnormal’ due to border violation: S Jaishankar

Live Mint  

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said as he underlined that China falls into a somewhat different category because of the currently "abnormal" nature of ties which is an outcome of a violation of border management agreements by Beijing. As reported by PTI, Jaishankar, who arrived in Santo Domingo on his first official visit to the Dominican Republic, also said,"India …

Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | LAC standoff | Are China’s Arunachal moves cause for alarm?
1 year, 9 months ago

Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | LAC standoff | Are China’s Arunachal moves cause for alarm?

The Hindu  

On the face of it- the situation at the Line of Actual Control seems frozen – but ties between India and China appear to worsen by the day. Arunachal renaming The Home Minister’s visit came a week after a different verbal spat over Arunachal after the Chinese government announced a plan to rename 11 places in the state including one …

India builds infra near LAC to counter China’s model villages
1 year, 9 months ago

India builds infra near LAC to counter China’s model villages

Hindustan Times  

India is developing border villages in Arunachal Pradesh as tourist hubs through a civil-military partnership as an answer to China’s so-called model villages or xiaokang close to the line of actual control, people familiar with the development said. The Arunachal Pradesh government is actively considering promoting tours to the World War II planes’ crash sites in the state, which has …

India rejects China’s objection to Amit Shah’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh
1 year, 9 months ago

India rejects China’s objection to Amit Shah’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh

The Hindu  

India on April 11 firmly rejected China's objection to Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Arunachal Pradesh and asserted that the State "was, is and will" always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. Indian leaders routinely travel to the State of Arunachal Pradesh as they do to any other State of India," Mr. Bagchi said. Today, after meeting …

Explained: How India’s Vibrant Villages scheme in Arunachal is a way to secure borders along China
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained: How India’s Vibrant Villages scheme in Arunachal is a way to secure borders along China

Firstpost  

Home Minister Amit Shah launched the ambitious Vibrant Villages programme from Arunachal Pradesh. Now, not even land equal to ‘sui ki noke’ can be encroached,” thundered India’s Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday as he stood on stage in Arunachal Pradesh’s Kibithoo and launched the government’s ‘Vibrant Villages Programme’. Kibithoo, located in Arunachal Pradesh, is the first village to be …

China’s wolf warriors rachet tensions over Arunachal Pradesh and Indo-Pacific
1 year, 9 months ago

China’s wolf warriors rachet tensions over Arunachal Pradesh and Indo-Pacific

Hindustan Times  

After delineating security under his de-facto chief of staff Cai Qi and national economy under new prime minister Li Qiang last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s wolf warriors are now at work with military muscle display in the Indo-Pacific and sharp tongue against India over its so-called claims over Arunachal Pradesh. Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed military preparedness on the …

India rejects China's objections to Amit Shah's Arunachal visit
1 year, 9 months ago

India rejects China's objections to Amit Shah's Arunachal visit

India Today  

India rejected China's objections to the visit of Home Minister Amit Shah to the border state of Arunachal Pradesh and asserted that the state “was, is and will” always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. Indian leaders routinely travel to the state of Arunachal Pradesh as they do to any other state of India," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Arindam …

'No One Can Usurp Even An Inch of Indian Territory': Home Minister in Arunachal, China Sees Red
1 year, 9 months ago

'No One Can Usurp Even An Inch of Indian Territory': Home Minister in Arunachal, China Sees Red

News 18  

Union home minister Amit Shah reached Arunachal Pradesh on Monday, a week after China unilaterally gave Chinese names to places in the state, while he delivered a stern message to the northern neighbour. The Indian official’s visit to Zangnan violates China’s territorial sovereignty, and is not conducive to the peace and tranquillity of the border situation," Reuters quoted Chinese foreign …

Amit Shah In Arunachal Pradesh No One Has The Power To Cast Evil Eye On Us China Border Row
1 year, 9 months ago

Amit Shah In Arunachal Pradesh No One Has The Power To Cast Evil Eye On Us China Border Row

ABP News  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, in an indirect reference to China, on Monday said nobody can take even an inch of India's land. READ | 'Violates China's Territorial Sovereignty': Beijing Opposes Amit Shah's Visit To Arunachal Pradesh Shah said that under the BJP government, no one had the power to cast an evil eye on India. While talking to reporters, …

China Opposes Amit Shah's Visit To Arunachal Pradesh, Sees It As Violation Of Territorial Sovereignty Border Dispute Vibrant Villages Programme
1 year, 9 months ago

China Opposes Amit Shah's Visit To Arunachal Pradesh, Sees It As Violation Of Territorial Sovereignty Border Dispute Vibrant Villages Programme

ABP News  

China on Monday opposed Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Kibithoo, a border village in Arunachal Pradesh today to launch the 'Vibrant Villages Programme', calling it a violation of Beijing's territorial sovereignty. "The Indian official's visit to Zangnan violates China's territorial sovereignty, and is not conducive to the peace and tranquility of the border situation," he asserted, as quoted …

China criticises Amit Shah’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh
1 year, 9 months ago

China criticises Amit Shah’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh

The Hindu  

China on April 10 said it firmly opposes a visit by Home Minister Amit Shah to Arunachal Pradesh, adding that the official's activities in the area violated China's territorial sovereignty. The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs released a list of 11 places on a map that show regions in Arunachal Pradesh as those inside the southern Tibetan region, which China …

Amit Shah in Arunachal, a week after China renamed land near Kibithoo
1 year, 9 months ago

Amit Shah in Arunachal, a week after China renamed land near Kibithoo

Hindustan Times  

A week after China renamed a piece of forest clearing north of Kibithoo in Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh, Home Minister Amit Shah will be launching the “Vibrant Villages Program” at the same Kibithoo town today as part of Modi government’s efforts to link all the border villages in states sharing Line of Actual Control with China. Home Minister Amit …

DC Edit | China playing mischief again
1 year, 9 months ago

DC Edit | China playing mischief again

Deccan Chronicle  

In a rerun of August 2022 when it flexed its military muscle to send clear warnings to it just as the former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi was visiting Taipei, China kept demonstrating that it can cut off the self-ruled island of Taiwan whenever it wishes. Mr Xi Jinping’s China keeps averring that it is looking …

Invented names: On India’s response to China’s fresh attempt to lay claim over parts of Arunachal Pradesh
1 year, 9 months ago

Invented names: On India’s response to China’s fresh attempt to lay claim over parts of Arunachal Pradesh

The Hindu  

India has summarily rejected China’s attempt to lay claim over areas of Arunachal Pradesh after it issued new official names for them. In a fresh attempt on Sunday, the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs said it would “standardise” 11 place names in what China calls “South Tibet or Zangnan”, an area consistently controlled by India. The names, in Mandarin, Tibetan …

India developing border infra, connectivity with friendly neighbours due to China concerns: Jaishankar
1 year, 11 months ago

India developing border infra, connectivity with friendly neighbours due to China concerns: Jaishankar

The Hindu  

India’s connectivity projects with Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Myanmar have been accelerated due to its “obvious” concerns about the frontier with China, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Tuesday. He cited a number of infrastructure projects along the Line of Actual Control, and border connectivity efforts with “friendly neighbours”, including all nations who share land borders with India, except …

DC Edit | China ties can’t be normal if border is at boiling point
2 years ago

DC Edit | China ties can’t be normal if border is at boiling point

Deccan Chronicle  

A year of uneasy calm on the border with China shattered with a major clash in Yangste in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh in December. It was anachronistic then that Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, in his roundup of China’s foreign relations in 2022, should continue to offer to work with India for a steady growth of ties. India …

The Significance of Chinese Intrusion in Arunachal Pradesh - News18
2 years ago

The Significance of Chinese Intrusion in Arunachal Pradesh - News18

News 18  

China is part of our nation’s near neighbourhood which makes its state and foreign policy behaviour quite pertinent to our state of the Union. Normally, incidents have been witnessed on the border with China wherein the trespassing has been undertaken by platoon strength contingents, but the recent incident in Tawang witnessed around 600-odd Chinese uniformed men exchanging baton blows in …

At LAC, Beijing does it again
2 years, 1 month ago

At LAC, Beijing does it again

Hindustan Times  

The operational details of what happened in Arunachal Pradesh will become clearer in days to come. While it is important for the government to undertake a thorough fact-finding exercise, review what happened, plug the loopholes and boost defences in the area — and this process is, in all likelihood, underway already — it is even more critical to look at …

India's learning from Taiwan: Normalising Ladakh is playing into China's hands | OPINION
2 years, 5 months ago

India's learning from Taiwan: Normalising Ladakh is playing into China's hands | OPINION

India Today  

China’s military aggression to keep Taiwan on a leash doesn’t come as a surprise, but it is the island nation’s response to call out the bullying that needs more attention. Not to say that India’s military hasn’t stood up to the challenges, but the political messaging at the international and domestic level of China being an aggressor in Ladakh hasn’t …

India terms China renaming places in Arunachal ‘ridiculous exercise’
3 years ago

India terms China renaming places in Arunachal ‘ridiculous exercise’

The Hindu  

China renaming various locations in Arunachal Pradesh is a “ridiculous exercise”, according to the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs. Opinion | The Chinese challenge uncovers India’s fragilities “Calling Tuting as “DouDeng” or River Siyom as “XiYueMu” or even Kibithu as “Daba” does not alter the fact that Arunachal Pradesh has always been and will always remain an …

Needless provocation: The Hindu on China ‘renaming’ Arunachal Pradesh places
3 years ago

Needless provocation: The Hindu on China ‘renaming’ Arunachal Pradesh places

The Hindu  

The Chinese government’s announcement on December 30 that it had come up with its own names for 15 places in Arunachal Pradesh could not have come at a more precarious moment for an already strained relationship. The move is ostensibly aimed at “standardising” how places in the Indian State are depicted in official Chinese maps, which show all of Arunachal …

China Creating New Facts Along LAC with India That can Make Future Negotiations Difficult
3 years, 1 month ago

China Creating New Facts Along LAC with India That can Make Future Negotiations Difficult

News 18  

Following the Galwan conflict in June 2020, China-India relations have gone through one of their worst phases. According to the Pentagon report, “Sometime in 2020, the PRC built a large 100-home civilian village inside disputed territory between the PRC’s Tibet Autonomous Region and India’s Arunachal Pradesh state in the eastern sector of the LAC.” India faces a quandary. This also …

India hits out at China for village construction
3 years, 2 months ago

India hits out at China for village construction

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: India on Thursday slammed the reported construction of a border village by China in Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh that has been under Chinese occupation for more than 60 years. New Delhi said that China has been carrying out construction activity in border areas, including in Indian territory illegally occupied for decades, adding that India “has always conveyed …

China builds 'xiaokang border defence village' in Arunachal: Implications for India's security
3 years, 2 months ago

China builds 'xiaokang border defence village' in Arunachal: Implications for India's security

Firstpost  

A report published by the US Department of Defence stated that Beijing had constructed a large 100-home civilian village in the northeastern state ‘sometime in 2020’ A recent report released by the United States Department of Defence has stirred up a controversy in India, putting focus on Indo-Sino tensions again. The United States Department of Defence published its ‘Report on …

India reminds China of its redlines on sovereignty issues
4 years, 2 months ago

India reminds China of its redlines on sovereignty issues

Live Mint  

India on Thursday reminded China of its redlines on sovereignty issues including the status of the union territory of Ladakh that Beijing has said it does not recognize as a military standoff along their border continued though Indian foreign minister S Jaishankar held out the hope that talks could yield a solution. It comes three years after India’s close neighbor …

Mohan Guruswamy | China’s real target may be Arunachal Pradesh
4 years, 5 months ago

Mohan Guruswamy | China’s real target may be Arunachal Pradesh

Deccan Chronicle  

I have always believed that with having obtained by hook or crook just about all they wanted in Ladakh, the real prize the Chinese are eyeing is Arunachal Pradesh. Of late, the Chinese have given a glimpse of what their true intentions are by laying claim to Bhutan’s Sakteng wildlife reserve area, which falls just below the Tawang tract. Reports …

China Using Pandemic Diplomacy to Expand Its Footprint in India’s Neighbourhood
4 years, 5 months ago

China Using Pandemic Diplomacy to Expand Its Footprint in India’s Neighbourhood

News 18  

Much to India’s discomfiture, its all-weather ally Bangladesh has allowed China to conduct the last-stage human trial of a potential Covid-19 vaccine. Bangladesh was the first country to receive these test kits from India on priority, “which reflects the importance of Dhaka to New Delhi”, the Indian High Commission in Dhaka said in a statement. Dhaka-Beijing equations New Delhi’s indignation …

Exclusive: Arunachal Pradesh CM takes up the matter to build India-Bhutan road with Centre
4 years, 6 months ago

Exclusive: Arunachal Pradesh CM takes up the matter to build India-Bhutan road with Centre

India Today  

In yet another reiteration of an old request, the Arunachal Pradesh government has demanded that the road that connects India and Bhutan at the Belting-Trashigang border should be built to enable movement across the border. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu, in an exclusive but brief conversation with India Today said, said the road will be a "win-win situation not …

LAC face-off | Doklam was a game-changer for Chinese thought on India: JNU professor Hemant Adlakha
4 years, 6 months ago

LAC face-off | Doklam was a game-changer for Chinese thought on India: JNU professor Hemant Adlakha

The Hindu  

There have been many different reasons attributed to China’s aggressive actions at the Line of Actual Control. In the short-term tactics, they point out that China must have a focused approach and be patient, whether it is border conflicts with India and or Indian trade ban or sanctions against China, etc. Many commentators have tried to draw a parallel between …

It can no longer be business-as-usual | Analysis
4 years, 6 months ago

It can no longer be business-as-usual | Analysis

Hindustan Times  

The difference between the summer of 2020 and earlier face-offs between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh is that, this time around, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has come in strength. They also want India to understand and accept that China’s comprehensive national power far outweighs India’s, and that the nation must acknowledge its place in the pecking order …

Comment | Reimagining India-China border roads
4 years, 7 months ago

Comment | Reimagining India-China border roads

The Hindu  

Two rounds of military dialogue between India and China to end the Ladakh stand-off have brought into sharp focus their apprehensions on road construction along the unsettled frontiers. Media readouts following the talks suggest that to China’s objections to Indian border road construction along the Line of Actual Control, the Indian side politely but firmly told Beijing that it should …

Ladakh standoff: India-China engaged in diplomatic parleys
4 years, 7 months ago

Ladakh standoff: India-China engaged in diplomatic parleys

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: India and China are engaged in hectic diplomatic parleys both in New Delhi and Beijing to resolve the situation arising from the stand-off in the Ladakh sector, sources said on Tuesday. Sources indicated that India would fully protect its national security interests and stand its ground to safeguard Indian territory while at the same time continuing its efforts …

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