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BEIJING: China’s defence ministry on Thursday expressed concern over reports that India plans to build 54 new border posts along their disputed border, long a source of tension between the two giant neighbours.
China defeated India in a brief war in 1962 and the border has remained unresolved since, despite 17 rounds of talks. The two armies cannot even agree on the location of the Line of Actual Control, the ceasefire line following the 1962 fighting, leading to face-offs between border patrols.
In September, India eased curbs on building roads and military facilities within 100 km of the contested border in its remote northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, so as to speed construction of 6,000 km of roads.
The move came as Chinese President Xi Jinping visited India, in an effort to defuse the deep distrust between both countries, despite growing trade and business ties.
Published in Dawn, October 30th, 2014
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Oct 31, 2014 10:32am
China has built enormous infrastructure along it's border with India. Now India has belatedly started boosting it's own infrastructure. China has no right to protest.
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Oct 31, 2014 10:42am
india didn't asked for permission from china
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Oct 31, 2014 11:01am
Heading is not correct. Who is china to accept or reject? It is India's decision to build border posts on China border; india did not went to take permission from China for this.
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Oct 31, 2014 11:12am
The news item says the border is DISPUTED . Shouldn't India be settling this dispute with China first ? Or is there some twisted Indian logic that renders such a step unnecessary .
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Oct 31, 2014 11:28am
China like pakistan is fighting with all its neighbors from India to Vietnam to cambodia,toPhillipines to Japan.Burma recently kicked them out
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Oct 31, 2014 11:38am
Earlier it was Pakistan, now its China. This makes clear who is problem creator on borders.
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Oct 31, 2014 11:56am
China can bully pakistan but not India...
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Oct 31, 2014 12:09pm
@rehan If it is disputed then why China has built infrastructure there? Your logic says China can build infrastructure in disputed boundary but India cannot. What a logical brain you have sir. If everyone in your side have such logical mind then it makes me very hopeful for the future of your country.
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Oct 31, 2014 12:12pm
@kamran Ya ya. I know. I have understood now that no matter what you guys will sing same old song. It is programmed in your mind, nothing except rebooting will work.
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Oct 31, 2014 03:01pm
@kamran First with India then Iran and with afganistan it was very old border issue. So its clear who is trouble maker. good logic, isnt it?
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Oct 31, 2014 03:40pm
China should destroy all such illegal constructions on the disputed border. It is very simple and the only language India under stands.
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Oct 31, 2014 03:53pm
@Akbaruddin lol - You made my day brother... You made my day... Laughing early morning is good for health. Thank you!
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Oct 31, 2014 04:26pm
@Logical, meh..China can't, for now they are just paper tiger.
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Oct 31, 2014 04:33pm
we r not concerend with any one..... china is our friend,,,,,,,,,
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Oct 31, 2014 05:06pm
@rehan by the Chinese logic 3 northindian states and half of Nepal belongs to China. Resolve that? Seriously?
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Oct 31, 2014 05:23pm
China should fire upon the Indian workers who try to build the posts, so that Indians should feel the same pain that is being caused by Indian forces' firing on citizens of Pakistan living on the border.
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Oct 31, 2014 05:45pm
China is heading towards a collision course with their neighbors and US and western countries are having a great time. Same old asian problem of fighting among temeselves and then begging white folks to resolve their issues
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Oct 31, 2014 06:26pm
@rehan : Bro, have you stopped all the development work in Pakistan administered Kashmir (Azad Kashmir); after whole Kashmir land is disputed between India & Pakistan
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Oct 31, 2014 06:33pm
The headlines seem to suggest that India asked for permission, which India did not. China can reject or accept, but posts will be built irrespective. Just like the ties with Vietnam are getting closer particularly in search for oil.
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Oct 31, 2014 07:13pm
heard few months ago that Indian army was stopped to patrol on their own side of border by china and Indian security forces disappeared . how they can save their country lol .
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Oct 31, 2014 07:15pm
@LS Glad you are happy mate!! If only other citizens of your country became as happy as you, then the hatred wont get spilled on to our side!!
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Oct 31, 2014 07:17pm
@Akbaruddin I am happy to reboot you all. welcome
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Oct 31, 2014 07:22pm
@Akbaruddin China must forcefully stop this illegal action by India
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Oct 31, 2014 09:06pm
With a religious fanatic like Narinder Modi at the helm of affairs, China can ill afford to let him run amok. Modi has failed to appease his fanatic following in the recent working-boundary flareup with Pakistan. Most Indians are brainwashed to think of India as a superpower and Pakistan as a failed-state. Well, in the current month-long fighting the superpower failed to kill a single soldier of the failed-state or capture one square inch of territory, Modi needs to divert attention from this failure.
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Oct 31, 2014 10:28pm
China is very peaceful country and always shows a lot of restraint in international politics. Can't say the same thing for India. By the way the Indians should not use a Pakistani newspaper to send their hate messages to China.
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Nov 01, 2014 01:02am
@Akbaruddin Well said.
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Nov 01, 2014 03:37am
@Anwar Amjad How peaceful is China you guys will realize latter just like in the case of America. And if you are talking about Indians over your newspaper then please check the advertisement posters on this website. Your so renowned news paper is earning from Indian advertisements as all because of Indian visitors. Please leave this kind of cheap mentality.
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Nov 01, 2014 07:28am
Where are my comments ?
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Nov 01, 2014 07:49am
China should stop such construction through dialogue, but china should also know that dialogue with India no meaning. India does not understand dialogue, the only language India understand is the voice of nuc. China should act like 1962. Go china
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Nov 01, 2014 11:38am
@Mustafa be careful what you ask for
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Nov 01, 2014 11:55am
@Mustafa indeed Mustafa you have very eloquently summed it.
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Nov 01, 2014 12:05pm
We Indians do not need any permission from idiot Chinese to develop & protect our country.
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Nov 01, 2014 12:06pm
@SSG Commando My dear Indian soldiers did not disappear,they stopped their advance,leading to face-off.
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Nov 01, 2014 01:42pm
Why can't Indians live like other peaceful nations in the region? Occupying disputed territory along chinese border, and occupying Kashmir on Pakistani border. India does not honour plebisite resolution of UNO on Kashmir either. Indians should stop daydreaming and stop causing troubles. Indians should realize they are dealing with two mighty nulear nations. Time to face reality in neighbourhood, settle disputes and live peacefully.
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Nov 01, 2014 01:57pm
@Chetan Chandra , Who say so? You are absolutely wrong. You must listen foreign news also and not only NDTV.
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Nov 01, 2014 03:42pm
Its not for China to 'reject' what India does any its own territory.
Indians are not going to be worried about what China says and do whatever it wants to.
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Nov 01, 2014 04:53pm
We already have started working on road and near complition of airport in Arunachal Pradesh The new governement in India just want to do it extensivly nothing else.
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Nov 03, 2014 03:26pm
Who askd China?? Lol. We r building nd we will build it. The headline is like 'USA rejects marriage of bilawal bhutto'
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