2026-08-11
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I'm Do Hongyu in Beijing.
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The Chinese foreign ministry says China does not recognize the so-called Arunachal Pradesh illegally set up by India.
Spokesperson Guo Jaquin made the remarks when commenting on the report
that India issued the quote-unquote standard names of 27 locations in the so-called Arunachal Pradesh.
He said Sunnan region is China's territory, adding that India's move of attempting to replace
names long used by China with its so-called standard names is illegal, null and void.
For more, we're joined by Gao Xirui, political science PhD candidate at the University of Hong Kong.
Thank you very much for joining us, Mr. Gao.
China and India have maintained different positions over the eastern section of their boundary for decades.
What are the historical and geopolitical factors behind this dispute?
So this is a very good question.
A fundamental disagreement of the eastern sector of the sino-indian border dispute is actually over the so-called
i do not judge bradesh in hindi or i do not judge bradesh
in english so it means um it's a state of the so-called