China advises India to ‘remain calm’ in boundary map dispute

China has advised India to stay composed regarding a newly made map, which India alleges depicts their land as Chinese territory.

India got angry when China released a map that claimed that Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin belonged to China.

Beijing said that India should not overanalyze or overthink the matter.

Media reports are saying that Chinese President Xi Jinping might not attend the G20 leaders’ meeting in Delhi next week.

There are reports that haven’t been confirmed yet, but they say that Premier Li Quang might go instead. Xi previously said he would go to Delhi for the meeting on September 9th and 10th. However, when asked about his attendance at a press briefing on Thursday, China’s foreign ministry did not confirm it.

Sources that are not known told Reuters news agency that he decided not to go through with his plan because of the dispute over the map. The BBC was unable to confirm the statement on its own.

The disagreement over China’s standard national map for 2023 is getting worse. This disagreement happened shortly after the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr Xi talked at the Brics summit in South Africa.

The Foreign Minister, S Jaishankar, said that China’s claim is “ridiculous”. An Indian official later stated that both countries agreed to “work harder to quickly pull back and lessen tensions” along the disputed border.

China made it clear on Thursday that it was not willing to change its stance on the map, a problem that has caused difficulties in their relationship for many years.

“China regularly follows its laws when exercising its sovereignty,” stated Wang Wenbin, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry.

We want everyone involved to stay unbiased and relaxed, and not make too many assumptions about the problem.

India gets very angry when China tries to claim its land.

The reason for the tension between the neighbors is a disagreement over a border that is about 3,440km long (equivalent to 2,100 miles). This border is called the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and is located in the Himalayas. The border is not clearly marked, and soldiers from both sides often encounter each other at different points along the border.

China claims that Arunachal Pradesh belongs to it and refers to it as “South Tibet. ” However, India strongly disagrees with this claim. India says that they own the Aksai Chin plateau in the Himalayas, but China controls it.

Relations between India and China have become worse since 2020. This happened because their soldiers had a deadly fight in the Galwan valley in Ladakh. It was the first time they had such a deadly fight since 1975.