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- China does not recognize the so-called Ladakh central government region illegally established by India,” Wang told reporters at a daily briefing, saying any new construction violated a pledge by the leaders of both sides. “We are also opposed to infrastructure construction aimed at military acquisition and control in the disputed border areas.
” Wang’s comments
- Wang said China’s border defense forces operate on their side of the Line of Actual Control and “strictly abide by the relevant agreements.
” Unsurprisingly,
- Wang did not address reports that China is increasing the building of roads and other infrastructure along its side of the border.
Why did China say so? Not Clear
- It wasn’t clear on what basis China rejected India’s move last year to reconstitute Ladakh as a union territory separate from Jammu and Kashmir, or why it considered that illegal.
- However, that was likely due to the ongoing conflict over the Line of Actual Control that runs through part of the high mountain desert territory.
- China becoming Pakistan’s Mouthpiece China contradicting Itself It is not India but China who violated agreements
Does the LAC at Ladakh even belong to China?
- China’s claims to India’s vast Himalayan borderlands are based on their alleged historical links to Tibet. If China is merely occupying Tibet, how can it claim sovereignty over those borderlands?
Taking a page out of Vinito’s Reply to Pak PM
Vinito is India’s Envoy to the UN
- “Let me assert here loud and clear. The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is an integral and inalienable part of India. The rules and legislations brought in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir are strictly internal affairs of India,”
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