TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ China’s development and construction activities ‘within its own territory’ is ‘normal’ and beyond reproach, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in Beijing on Thursday, reacting to a report about China building a new village in Arunachal Pradesh.
“China’s position on the Zangnan region (South Tibet) is consistent and clear. We never recognised the so-called Arunachal Pradesh,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing while responding to a question.
China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of southern Tibet, while India’s consistent stand has been that the northeastern state is an integral and inalienable part of the country. Hua said China’s development and construction activities ‘within our own territory is normal’. “This is beyond reproach as it is in our territory,” Hua added.
