New Delhi. China's official mouthpiece Global Times has raised questions on the claims of Arunachal Pradesh's regional party People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) regarding the India-China border dispute. The newspaper accused the Indian media and some regional political forces of exaggerating alleged border incidents. Also said that the border dispute should not be allowed to 'hijack' the broader relations between the two countries.
However, the Global Times report did not provide any detailed explanation from the Chinese government on what actually happened in the Taksing area.
Discussion started with PPA's claim
Global Times in its report described Arunachal Pradesh as 'so-called' in line with China's official stance and wrote that the recent speculations started after the claim by the People's Party of Arunachal.
According to the report, a four-member fact-finding committee of the PPA led by former minister and party advisor Kahfa Bengia had visited the Taksing area on July 10. After this the committee claimed that the Indian Army was prevented from reaching some patrolling points.
The PPA had raised the issue of the alleged infiltration of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in the Taksing area of Upper Subansiri district in August 2026.
China calls Arunachal 'Southern Tibet'
China claims Arunachal Pradesh and calls it 'Jangnan' or 'Southern Tibet'. At the same time, India's stand is very clear that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral and indivisible part of the country.
There was no direct response from China's Foreign Ministry on PPA's claims. The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday described the situation on the border as normal, but did not give any detailed information on the question of increasing presence of Chinese troops in the area.
Chinese expert raised questions on Indian media
According to Global Times, Qian Feng, director of the Research Department of the National Strategy Institute of Tsinghua University, said that the continuation of talks between the two countries through designated channels is an indication that the situation on the border is not as bad as was reported in some Indian media.
The report also mentioned India declaring 'standard' names for 27 places in Arunachal Pradesh and called it a useless move by China.
China also targeted India's domestic politics
Instead of directly responding to India's border concerns, the Global Times argued that border and security issues are used for political gain in the country's domestic politics.
Hu Xiong, a professor at Zhejiang International Studies University and a research fellow at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, told the newspaper that border issues related to China or Pakistan could be raised to divert people's attention amid economic and social problems.
He also cited economic pressure, foreign investment and concerns related to the domestic business environment as reasons for this.
'Border dispute should not hijack entire relations'
Hu Xiong said that the border dispute is only a part of India-China relations. There are many other aspects in the relations between the two countries like politics, economy, diplomacy, security and people-to-people contacts.
He said that the border dispute should not be allowed to 'hijack' the entire bilateral relationship. He also claimed that some political forces in India have at times been using border issues to gain leverage ahead of important bilateral talks.
The picture is still not clear from China's side on Taksing
Global Times has raised questions on the claims of the Indian media and the PPA, but the report did not provide any concrete factual rebuttal or detailed account of the incident from China's allegations of allegedly stopping Indian patrolling in the Taksing area.
In such a situation, at present one side of the dispute is based on the reports of PPA and Indian media, while the Chinese side has said that the situation on the border is normal. The picture regarding the actual situation will become clearer only after official and independent information comes to light.