Denies its troops crossed over to the Indian side in Ladakh to stop canal work. “I can tell you that the Chinese border troops have been operating on the Chinese side of the LAC. Although the China-India boundary is yet to be delimited, the two countries have reached many consensus and agreements on safeguarding peace and stability of the border area,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing here. “This issue is once again published by the Indian media outlets,” Ms. Hua said to a question. Arunachal vs Aksai Chin claimsWhile China says the border dispute covers Arunachal Pradesh, which it claims as Southern Tibet, India asserts that the dispute covered Aksai Chin area which was occupied by China during the 1962 war.

Source: The Hindu November 04, 2016 09:48 UTC