China rejects India’s criticism of its renaming of Arunachal place names

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(TibetanReview.net, May15’25) – China has on May 14 doubled down on its latest renaming of places in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, insisting that the territory belongs to it on account of its claim over Tibet.

Zangnan is part of China’s territory, and the Chinese government has standardized the names of some parts of Zangnan. “This is within China’s sovereign rights,” China’s official globaltimes.cn May 14 quoted Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin as saying.

“Zangnan” is Chinese for south or southern Tibet. 

The report said Lin made the remarks in response to media inquiries that Indi...

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