To assert Arunachal claim China releases 3rd set of Chinese name

China has announced a third set of names in Chinese, Tibetan and Pinyin characters for Arunachal Pradesh in an effort to assert its claim over India’s northeastern state.
On April 2, China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs revealed the standard names of 11 regions in Arunachal Pradesh, which it called “Zangnan, the southern part of Tibet”, in compliance with the State Council, China’s Cabinet, laws on geographical names.
The ministry released official names as well as precise coordinates for 11 places, including two land areas, two residential areas, five mountain peaks, and two rivers, and listed the categories of place names and their subordinate administrative districts. Is. The state-run Global Times on April 3.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs of China has published the third batch of Standard Geographical Names of Arunachal Pradesh.
The first batch of standard names for six places in Arunachal Pradesh was released in 2017, and the second batch of 15 places was released in 2021. India has previously rejected China’s attempts to rename several places in Arunachal Pradesh, claiming that the state has “always”. And will “always” be an important part of India and that “invented” name does not change that fact.
“This is not the first time that China has tried to change the names of places in the state of Arunachal Pradesh,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said in December 2021.
“Arunachal Pradesh has always been, and always will be, an integral part of India. Assigning invented names to places in Arunachal Pradesh does not change that fact,” he had said.
The Global Times, part of the ruling Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily Group of Publications, quoted Chinese experts as saying the announcement of the names was a legitimate move and that China had a sovereign right to standardize geographical names.
China revealed the first batch of names in 2017, days after the Dalai Lama’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh. China was outraged by the visit of the spiritual leader of Tibet.

As China established military control over the Himalayan region in 1950, the Dalai Lama fled Tibet via Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh and found refuge in India in 1959.