China renames 6 places in Arunachal, takes its claim over state to whole new level

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New Delhi: A group of students from the northeast, along with some ABVP activists, were detained on Tuesday as they were going to protest outside the Chinese embassy here against the Chinese government's move to rename six towns in Arunachal Pradesh.

Starting from Arunachal Bhawan, the agitators headed towards the Chinese Embassy but were stopped midway by police.

The protesters of the Arun Chetna Manch also included a few members of RSS-affiliated Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) were continuously shouting slogans like 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'

"We joined these people because the leader of the demonstration (Romjir Rakshapa) is a Delhi University cultural secretary and we support India' s integrity " ABVP member Himang Verma told IANS.

Rakshapa said that he belongs to Arunachal Pradesh and lives in one of the renamed towns, and that he cannot allow it.

"Arunachal Pradesh is part of India... My district's name is changed to something which I cannot even pronounce. I am a proud soul of India, " he told media persons.

"The Chinese government is also misleading people through media that inhabitants of Arunachal Pradesh support China and want to be a part of it, which is a complete falsehood... I am an Arunachali and I belong to India, " he added.

The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs announced on April 14 on its website that it had standardised in Chinese characters, Tibetan and Roman alphabet names of six places in Arunachal Pradesh, which China calls "South Tibet".

 

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Rakshapa said that he belongs to Arunachal Pradesh and lives in one of the renamed towns, and that he cannot allow it.
"I am an Arunachali and I belong to India, " he added.

China just need to get South Tibet back. Since he belong to India, China is happy for him to move out to India.

 

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China just need to get South Tibet back. Since he belong to India, China is happy for him to move out to India.

How cute.

 

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The Delhi Police arrested a couple who allegedly stole a 900-year-old statue of a Tibetan saint from Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh and planned to sell it .(Sushil Kumar/HT PHOTO)

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The Delhi Police on Sunday tracked down a 900-year-old idol of Tibetan saint Pema Lingpa to the capital’s Majnu Ka Tilla area and arrested a couple suspected of stealing the statue from Arunachal Pradesh less than a week ago.

The idol was found in the possession of a Tibetan couple -- Ngawang Tsundue and Lobsang Gakey Sherpa. The duo was planning to sell it for not less than Rs 1.4 crore in Majnu Ka Tilla, which has a large population of Tibetans, said Madhur Verma, DCP (Crime).

Tsundue is the former son-in-law of the Head Cheepa (Head Lama) of Sangyeling Gompa, a monastery in Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh’. Police said Tsundue planned the theft to defame the Cheepa against whom he held a grudge following his divorce.

The ancient idol, which holds high religious value among Tibetans is usually kept at the sprawling residence of the Cheepa and is taken to the monastery only on auspicious occasions.

Since Tsundue had spent considerable time at the Cheepa’s home in the past, he was aware of this fact. After his divorce from the Cheepa’s daughter a few months ago, Tsundue realised that stealing the idol would not only defame its custodian, but could also fetch him a lot of money, said Verma.

“Tsundue and his live-in partner Sherpa planned to break into the house and steal the idol. They were aware that the Cheepa and his family would be visiting Kullu in the last week of May for a festival, leaving only an elderly woman at the house,” said the officer.

The couple allegedly broke into the house on the night of May 31 and made away with two glass cases - one holding the idol and its attire - leaving Tawang facing a “religious unrest”. They brought the stolen idol to Delhi and were looking for prospective customers in Majnu Ka Tilla.

One of their prospective customers turned out to be a staunch devotee of the saint and he tipped off the police, leading to the arrests and the seizure.

 

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A scene at the India-China border in Bumla, Arunachal Pradesh. File picture. | Photo Credit: AP
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“China and India continue to accuse each other of frequent incursions and military build-ups along the disputed territories," a Pentagon report says
The Pentagon has said that tension continues to exist along the disputed portions of the India-China border even though the economic relationship between the two countries has increased in recent years.

According to the Pentagon, China’s use of force in territorial disputes has varied widely throughout its history.

“Tensions persist along disputed portions of the Sino-Indian border, where both countries patrol with the armed forces,” the Pentagon said in its annual report to Congress.

In September 2016, an Indian patrol observed that more than 40 Chinese troops had set up a temporary shelter within Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh, which China also claims as South Tibet, it said.

“The two sides conducted flag-officer level meetings where they agreed to maintain peace, and then withdrew to mutually acceptable positions,” the Pentagon said as it listed out other border disputes that China has with neighbouring countries, prominent among them being the East China Sea.

Some disputes led to war, as in border conflicts with India in 1962 and Vietnam in 1979, it said, adding that a contested border with the former Soviet Union during the 1960s raised the possibility of nuclear war.

In more recent cases involving land border disputes, China has sometimes been willing to compromise with and even offer concessions to its neighbours.

“Since 1998, China has settled 11 land-based territorial disputes with six of its neighbours,” the Pentagon said.

In recent years, China has adopted a coercive approach to deal with several disputes that continue over maritime features and ownership of potentially rich offshore oil and gas deposits, it added.

The Pentagon said tensions remain with India along the shared 4,057 km border over Arunachal Pradesh, which China asserts is part of Tibet and therefore part of China, and over the Aksai Chin region at the western end of the Tibetan Plateau, despite growing China-India political and economic relations.

“China and India continue to accuse each other of frequent incursions and military build-ups along the disputed territories. In 2013, however, Chinese and Indian officials signed the Border Defence Cooperation Agreement, which supplements existing procedures managing the interaction of forces along the Line of Actual Control,” it said.

As per Chinese figures, cumulative Chinese investments into India till September 2016 stood at USD 4.75 billion while Indian investments into China were $0.689 billion. Indian businesses have a presence in China in sectors such as IT, pharmaceuticals and automobiles.

The Pentagon said China and Japan have overlapping claims to both the continental shelves and the exclusive economic zones in the East China Sea.

The East China Sea contains natural gas and oil, though hydrocarbon reserves are difficult to estimate.

Japan maintains that an equidistant line from each country involved should separate the EEZs, while China claims an extended continental shelf beyond the equidistant line to the Okinawa Trench, it said.

Also the South China Sea plays an important role in security considerations across East Asia because Northeast Asia relies heavily on the flow of oil and commerce through South China Sea shipping lanes, including more than 80% of the crude oil to Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

The total length of the Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir is 1,597 km, Himachal Pradesh 200 km, Uttarakhand 345 km, Sikkim 220 km and Arunachal Pradesh 1,126 km.