"This is not the first time China has attempted to rename locations in Arunachal Pradesh." Arindam Bagchi, a spokesperson for the External Affairs Ministry, stated...
Digital Desk: China has issued new names for 11 locations in Arunachal Pradesh as part of its efforts to reaffirm its control over the state. This is the third time China has renamed locations in Arunachal Pradesh to "Zangnan, the southern part of Tibet."
China's Ministry of Civil Affairs issued a set of names in Chinese, Tibetan, and pinyin characters yesterday, claiming that they were in accordance with State Council regulations on geographical names.
China has released a list of names that includes five mountain peaks, two land areas, two residential areas, and two rivers.
The first two such lists were published in 2018 and 2021, respectively. In 2017, China issued a list of six names, and in 2021, it renamed 15 locations in Arunachal Pradesh.
On both occasions, New Delhi strongly rejected China's claims, claiming that the state has "always been" and will "always be" an integral part of India.
"This is not the first time China has attempted to rename locations in Arunachal Pradesh." Arindam Bagchi, a spokesperson for the External Affairs Ministry, stated in December 2021.
"Arunachal Pradesh has always been and always will be a part of India. This fact is not altered by giving invented names to places in Arunachal Pradesh "He had stated.
According to The Global Times, a publication in China owned by the ruling Communist Party's mouthpiece People's Daily, the Chinese authorities are calling this move "standardized geographical names."
China announced the first set of names in 2017, just days after the Dalai Lama visited Arunachal Pradesh. China was outraged by the Tibetan spiritual leader's visit.
After China took military control of the Himalayan region in 1950, the Dalai Lama fled from Tibet through Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh and sought refuge in India in 1959.
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