China's invented names for places in Arunachal Pradesh
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China has issued five lists of Chinese names for places in Arunachal Pradesh. They came in 2017, 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025. India rejects every list: Arunachal Pradesh is an integral and inalienable part of India, and invented names do not change that.
| Country or organisation | Ministry of Civil Affairs, People's Republic of China |
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| What the map shows | "Standardised" Chinese names for mountains, rivers, towns and other places in Arunachal Pradesh, published as lists and on Chinese maps. The fourth list (2024) had 30 names and the fifth (2025) had 27. |
| When | 2017, 2021, 2023, April 2024, May 2025 |
| India's response | In April 2024 the MEA said that assigning invented names will not alter the reality that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India. In May 2025 it called the attempt vain and preposterous and said creative naming will not alter the undeniable reality. |
| Status | Not corrected |