Aksai Chin
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Who is Jennifer Zeng, the journalist who claimed China was involved in Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing?
Fp Explainers •Amid ongoing India-Canada tensions, independent blogger Jennifer Zeng has claimed that China was involved in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. The 56-year-old China-born journalist added that the 'purpose was to frame India creating discord between India and the West'
How BRO is scaling up India's border infrastructure at LAC to counter Chinese moves
Maj Gen Ashok Kumar •BRO has thus weaponised the border infrastructure against our adversaries in the most effective manner
China's cartographic aggression: Implications for India's geopolitical landscape
Maj Gen Harsha Kakar •The release of the map signifies that China is not willing to engage in talks to resolve the LAC with India
Not just India: How China’s redrawing of maps is angering other Asian countries
Fp Explainers •China recently released its official 'standard map', which shows other countries’ territories as its own. India and other neighbouring nations like Nepal, The Philippines, Malaysia, and Taiwan have dismissed the map, accusing Beijing of claiming their territory. China has not even spared Russia
From stapled visas to bunkers, tunnels near LAC: China’s calculated attempt to challenge India’s territorial integrity
Rohit Kumar •New Delhi cannot let Beijing get away with snubbing India, besides undermining its sovereignty. It needs to make it costlier for the Dragon to continue with this policy
China digging tunnels, building bunkers in Aksai Chin: Should India be worried?
Fp Explainers •New satellite images reveal Chinese troops have been digging tunnels and building reinforced bunkers at several sites in Aksai Chin, near the LAC. According to experts, the construction shows that Beijing has no intention of resolving the border standoff and is digging in for the long haul
Why does China keep claiming Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin?
Fp Explainers •China on Monday created fresh controversy ahead of the G20 Summit by releasing a 2023 map showing Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin region as part of its territory. Here’s why Beijing keeps repeating its claims – which India has rejected
China releases new edition of standard map, lays claim on Arunachal Pradesh, Aksai Chin region
Fp Staff •China on Monday officially released the 2023 edition of its standard map incorporating the disputed areas including its claims over Arunachal Pradesh, Aksai Chin region, Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea
‘PLA is firmly ensconced in Aksai Chin, looks set to remain there’: Chatham House
Umang Sharma •China has expanded roads, outposts, installed modern weatherproof camps equipped with parking areas, solar panels, apart from helipads, showed satellite imagery of Aksai Chin
Why China’s plans of a new railway line through Aksai Chin is worrying news for India
Fp Explainers •China is building a new railway route connecting Tibet and Xinjiang through Aksai Chin. This region, also termed as ‘no-man’s land’ has been a bone of contention between the two countries since the 1950s and was at the centre of the 1962 India-China war