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china in arunachal

Enemy at the Gate

a Pentagon report says the chinese have built a village inside the indian territory in the state of
arunachal Pradesh. the government has denied the claim but new Delhi is seriously worried about

the chinese moves in the eastern front

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Washington, DC/New Delhi
he situation on the eastern
front is getting serious by the
Tday. A mobile detachment of
the Xinjiang Armed Police Corps
organised chemical defence forces
and carried out anti-nuclear, biolog-
ical and chemical combat drills in the
past few days. According to sources,
the drills simulated the actual combat
environment to the maximum extent
and effectively tempered chemi-
cal defence forces’ handling under
complex conditions for emergencies,
sources added.

last week, the uS Department of
Defence in its latest report had

said that china has engaged in
biological activities with poten-
tial dual-use applications, which The Chinese army is building concrete camps a few kilometers away from Naku La in Arunachal Pradesh (ANI)
raise concerns regarding its

compliance with the Biological known as the Longju incident along Bagchi told reporters here. “We have clarified that “large 100-home civil-
the frontier in Arunachal Pradesh. taken note of the US Department ian village” mentioned in a Pentagon
and toxins Weapons convention China has built huge infrastructure of Defence’ report to US Congress report was built over the years in the
(BWc) and the chemical Weap- including motorable roads, bridges which inter-alia also makes a refer- area in Arunanchal Pradesh that was
ence to construction activities by Chi-
and small villages in disputed terri-
occupied by the People’s Liberation
ons convention (cWc). tories. nese side along the India-China bor- Army (PLA) after overrunning an
But New Delhi has never accept- der areas particularly in the Eastern Assam Rifles post in 1959.
This development came amid a ed China’s unjustified claims. “As we Sector,” he added. The sources said that the village
recent Pentagon report about China had stated that China has undertaken India has also stepped-up infra- is along the disputed border in Up-
developing a 100-home village be- construction activities over the past structure development. Friction be- per Subansiri District in Arunanchal
tween Tibet autonomous region and several years along the border areas tween India and China continues as Pradesh which is in territory con-
India’s Arunachal Pradesh. It has including in the areas that it has ille- military talks for disengagement at trolled by China. “The village has
also been reported that Beijing has gally occupied over the decades. In- pending friction points in eastern La- been built by China in an area that
been doing illegal construction in oc- dia has neither accepted such illegal dakh have not made headway. China was occupied by the People’s Liber-
cupied territories. occupation of our territory nor has is not ready for complete disengage- ation Army (PLA) after overrunning
According to sources, the village it accepted the unjustified Chinese ment and there is a huge built of an Assam Rifles post in 1959, in an
has been built by China in the upper claims. The Government has always armies on both sides. The last round operation known as Longju inci-
Subansiri district that was occupied conveyed its strong protest to such of military talks between the two dent along the frontier in Arunachal
by the People’s Liberation Army activities through diplomatic means sides was held in October this year. Pradesh,” the sources said.
(PLA) after overrunning an Assam and will continue to do so in the fu- Earlier this week, sources in the “For years, they have maintained
Rifles post in 1959, in an operation ture,” MEA spokesperson Arindam Indian security establishment had Continued at next page... >>

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