China’s renaming in Arunachal Pradesh is Xi Jinping agenda of deceit
Mago village; photo credit Pema Khandu
By Manish Anand
New Delhi, April 5: With a few days to go for his much publicized Moscow visit on which there was a global lens, Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, had ordered renaming eight Russian places, while also instructing his propaganda machineries to go hyper about claims of territories. Xi is likely to visit India for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in the next few weeks, as China released the third set of renaming exercise for 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh.
Russia had ignored Chinese provocation of renaming the likes of Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Sakhalin Island, Stanovoy Range, and others. China observers had noted the move of Beijing to rename the Russian places as part of Xi agenda to keep the expansionist ambitions alive.
Just in case Russia collapses, China could go grabbing the places renamed by it as part of the assertions that the country had lost them to the neighbouring countries. This is an old trick of China, which is being stated by the observers to have gained prominence in the third term of Xi, who seeks to divert attention of the restive people, who have been using the power of internet to pushback coercive measures.
“Cartographic aggression is an old trick to try to fool people but reality does not change. China naming places in Arunachal Pradesh in India is ridiculous, but they don’t stop doing so. They also did it with Russia on eve of Xi visit (to Moscow),” tweeted Sanjay Bhattacharya, former diplomat.
Bohdan Nahaylo, Editor of Kyiv Post, quoted Franco-Chinese service, saying “…the history of Russia-China relations is a book of deceitful deception.” Clearly, the China observers world over concur that deceit is a legitimate means of Xi regime to keep a lustful eye on neighbours’ territories.
Thus, the commentators in India have noted that the government should stay steadfast in improving the border infrastructure and counter any act of deceit and deception by China. India is stepping up efforts to boost the infrastructure alongside the line of actual control with China, which has gained pace since the violent Galwan clash in the eastern Ladakh in 2020.
“…border villages aren’t the last but first to be transformed. Mago village in my Mukto assembly constituency is witnessing a new dawn. As many as 50 stand-alone mini and micro hydel projects will be developed near the international border with an estimated cost of Rs 200 crore, ensuring 24×7 power supply to villagers and border guarding forces,” tweeted Pema Khandu, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister on Wednesday.
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