Why is China angry with India's decision on Kashmir

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On August 5, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government abolished Article 370 giving semi-autonomy to the then Jammu and Kashmir state.

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After this, a law was passed and the state was divided into two union territories.

One of these union territories is Ladakh. China has control over a part of it and claims this entire area.

What was China’s reaction?

China Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Khwa Chunying used strong words about India’s decision.

He said, “China has always opposed the Indian takeover of China’s territory in the western sector of the China-India border. There has been no change in our strong and consistent position.”

Khwa Chunying went on to say, “By changing its law, India has recently continued to ignore China’s territorial sovereignty. This approach is not acceptable and will not materialize.”

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Meanwhile, senior BJP leaders welcomed the move in India with nationalist statements. Some leaders expressed the hope that the part of the region which is under the control of China and Pakistan will also come to India.

These leaders included Aksai Chin, a region of Ladakh controlled by China, and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, which India calls “Pakistan-occupied Kashmir” or “PoK”.

India Today magazine quoted Union Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Giriraj Singh as saying, 200 percent sure that PoK and Aksai Chin will also be reunited with the country very soon.

Regarding Ladakh, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, “The Indian government’s declaration of making Ladakh (which includes China’s territory) a union territory has challenged China’s sovereignty and to maintain peace and stability in the border region.” Violated the agreement between the two countries. “

The Indian government’s declaration of making Ladakh (which includes China’s territory) a union territory has challenged China’s sovereignty and violated the agreement between the two countries to maintain peace and stability in the border region.

On the Kashmir issue, Khwa Chunying said that China’s position on the Kashmir issue is clear and uniform. Even internationally, it is agreed that the issue of Kashmir between India and Pakistan is pending from the past.

What is China’s claim on Ladakh?

China has been saying that the Ladakh region, including Aksai Chin, is part of a border dispute that has not been decided yet.

At the moment, China incorporates Aksai Chin in its Xinjiang region and considers it extremely important. The reason is that through this, there can be movement of troops between Xinjiang and Tibet.

China does not recognize the Simla Agreement. This agreement was signed between the British administration of Tibet and India in the year 1914. In which Ladakh has been recognized as part of India.

China says that this treaty was not made with the then Chinese government and therefore it is invalid.

Wang Yi said that India’s move is not acceptable to China and this will not change China’s position in the sovereignty and administrative jurisdiction of the region.

The government-controlled newspaper Global Times wrote, “When India’s Home Minister Amit Shah loudly claims that India wants to rule the Xinjiang Weigar Autonomous Region of Northwest China, it shows a sense of hostility against China. “

Quoting Zhao Gancheng, a research fellow at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies, the Global Times wrote, “If India puts forward its irrational claims and provokes us with military action, China will come back strongly.

What does India say?

India’s foreign ministry has responded to China’s criticisms. The Ministry of External Affairs says, “The formation of the new Union Territory of Ladakh is an internal matter of India.”

India’s Home Minister Amit Shah said in Parliament, “The people of Ladakh have been demanding for a very long time, to give the region the status of Union Territory, now they will be able to fulfill their aspirations.”

India has also been saying that China’s claim on Aksai Chin is illegal and is a violation of the Simla Agreement.

This dispute is further complicated by China’s close ally and India’s rival Pakistan. Pakistan had handed over a part of Trans Karakoram to China in the year 1963. This area is close to Aksai Chin. India calls Pakistan’s move illegal.

Reiterating India’s position on the matter for a long time, Shah said in Parliament, “Kashmir is an inseparable part of India.

There is no doubt about it. When I speak of Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and Aksai Chin also come in it.

What steps has China taken?

They are also following what China has said. On the request of Pakistan, there was a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council. Pakistan has a dispute with India over Kashmir.

A few days before this meeting, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited Beijing. According to the Global Times, he had said using the compromised language, “Amending the Constitution of India will not create a new claim to sovereignty.

It will not change the Line of Control in the Kashmir region (on the Pakistan border) and China-India The control line at the border will not change. “

Pakistan has been trying to internationalize the Kashmir dispute for a long time. The United Nations meeting seems to be an effort in that direction. India opposes making this issue an international matter.

But opinion was divided in this meeting. According to reports, Russia supported India. At the same time, Britain supported China in the demand that a public statement is issued after the meeting.

Apart from China, the remaining four permanent members of the UN Security Council asked India and Pakistan to resolve their disputes in a two-way manner.

Eventually, this meeting ended without issuing any statement. However, China and Pakistan later issued statements on their behalf.

After this, India also issued a statement and said that the statements of China and Pakistan do not express the views of the Security Council.

No other member country has denied India’s statement. In later days, most countries asked India and Pakistan to resolve their differences in Kashmir in a two-way way.