India formally recognized 27 locations — together with land, passes, a lake and a monument — within the border State by their commonplace names on the official Indian map.
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China on Sunday (August 9, 2026) slammed India’s newest transfer of identifying 27 locations in Arunachal Pradesh by their commonplace names on its official map as “self-deception which runs counter to the bettering momentum in bilateral relations and will complicate efforts to correctly deal with border points.”
In response to frequent makes an attempt by China to rename some locations in Arunachal Pradesh, India on Friday (August 7, 2026) formally recognized 27 locations — together with land, passes, a lake and a monument — within the border State by their commonplace names on the official Indian map.
The International Instances, China’s Communist Occasion-run newspaper carried a report which stated, “China has been finishing up standardization of geographical names within the area for a very long time. At a time when China-India relations are displaying indicators of enchancment and leaders from each nations are anticipated to interact by multilateral platforms, any unilateral motion by India that escalates the border scenario reveals no level and won’t serve the broader pursuits of bilateral relations.” Qian Feng, director of the Analysis Division at Tsinghua College’s Nationwide Technique Institute, was quoted.
Mr. Qian stated India ought to keep away from turning border concern into a bigger dispute, as such actions may stifle the bettering political ties between the 2 nations, the report additional stated.
“China doesn’t acknowledge Arunacla pradesh”
In keeping with the report, Since 2017, China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs has launched six batches of standardized names for places, with a complete of 112 names introduced as of April 2026. These names cowl villages, mountain passes, rivers and peaks, accompanied by standardized Chinese language and Tibetan names in addition to geographic coordinates. Chinese language International Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun stated at a routine press briefing on April 14 that China doesn’t acknowledge Arunachal Pradesh.
Quoting Mr. Guo, the report added, “China-India relations are usually secure for the time being. China’s dedication to bettering and rising China-India relations has not modified. We hope the 2 sides will work in the identical route and act extra in methods conducive to bilateral relations.”
The newspaper additionally added that, India’s newest naming of 27 places is a unilateral administrative transfer and doesn’t alter the authorized standing of the world, quoting Guo Xuetang, a professor on the heart for South Asia and Indian Ocean Research underneath Shanghai Worldwide Research College.
In keeping with Mr. Guo Xuetang, India’s transfer is an try and strengthen its declare of management over the world and create extra leverage in future boundary negotiations. Nevertheless, such actions haven’t any sensible which means and can solely undermine the environment for negotiations between the 2 nations, the report added.
The report additional stated that Mr. Guo stated the one strategy to resolve the China-India boundary concern is thru equal negotiations and a good settlement primarily based on historic and authorized ideas, whereas unilateral actions that create tensions or change the established order will solely hurt mutual belief and border stability.
Printed – August 10, 2026 08:37 am IST
