A UN Map Tried to Erase Arunachal Pradesh from India. Pema Khandu Wasn’t Having It.

A map is never just a map — and when the United Nations published one that placed Arunachal Pradesh outside the borders of India, it set off a storm that reached all the way to the Chief Minister’s office in Itanagar. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu came out swinging on September 10, issuing a … Read more

India’s Blunt Message to Beijing: Arunachal “Was, Is, and Will Remain” Ours — Period.

China keeps playing its favourite renaming game with Arunachal Pradesh. India just slammed the door shut — again. On August 11, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) delivered one of its sharpest rebuttals yet to Beijing’s persistent campaign of assigning Chinese names to locations inside Arunachal Pradesh. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stood before the media … Read more

China Cries Foul as India Names 27 Places in Arunachal — But New Delhi Isn’t Blinking

Beijing called it “illegal, null and void.” India called it what it is — a fact. In a move that was always going to rattle Beijing, India last week formally identified 27 places and geographical features in Arunachal Pradesh by their standard names on the official Indian map. It didn’t take long for China to … Read more