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Post Indian Boycott, Chinese Map At Belt And Road Initiative Summit Shows Arunachal, All Of J&K As Part Of India
Swarajya Staff
Apr 26, 2019, 04:52 PM | Updated 04:52 PM IST
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China, in a departure from its past practice has shown Jammu & Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh as parts of India in one of its maps detailing the routes of its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), reports Economic Times.
This incident happened in the second edition of the BRI summit which is currently underway in Beijing. The map incidentally also shows India as part of BRI. India has boycotted this event.
The move has led rise to a lot of speculations and claims of China’s duplicitous behaviour as it had recently destroyed thousands of maps which showed Arunachal Pradesh as part of India.
Experts on Sino-Indo relations suspect this to be a Chinese attempt to placate India, which has been vehemently opposed to the BRI as it passes through Pakistan occupied Kashmir, which is a serious violation of India’s sovereignty.
Last year, while reporting on terrorist attacks on Chinese Consulate in Karachi, China’s state-run media (CGTN television) had excluded Pakistan occupied Kashmir from the Pakistani map.
China has since long claimed Arunachal Pradesh as a southern part of Tibet and has its own version of maps to further its stance. The Chinese maps also regularly show Pak Occupied Kashmir as part of Pakistan.
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