NEW DELHI: China’s fresh assertion that the Shaksgam Valley “belongs to China” has reopened a largely forgotten but strategically explosive fault line in the long-running Kashmir dispute. Beijing’s defence of infrastructure construction in the region — tied closely to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) — has drawn a sharp response from New Delhi, which has…
Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday rejected Beijing’s claims over Shaksgam valley, underlining that India considers the so-called China-Pakistan Boundary Agreement of 1963 — under which Islamabad ceded 5,180 sq km of Indian territory in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir to China — to be illegal. Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi addressed the annual press conference in…
China on Monday reaffirmed its territorial claims over Jammu and Kashmir Shaksgam Valley and defended its infrastructure projects in the region, rejecting India’s objections and insisting the construction is “beyond reproach”.Responding to India’s objections last week, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said the area belongs to China and that Beijing is well within its…
File photo of Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning | Photo Credit: AP China on Monday (January 12, 2026) reaffirmed its territorial claims over the Shaksgam Valley in the backdrop of India’s objections, stressing that the Chinese infrastructure projects in the area are “beyond reproach”. India last Friday (January 9) criticised China’s infrastructure development projects…
A new political row has erupted over China’s claims on the Indian territory of the Shaksgam Valley of Jammu and Kashmir, with the Congress hitting out at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for “holding meetings” with the Chinese Communist Party. Congress questioned the optics of the BJP engaging with the CCP, pointing out the…