China has renamed 23 geographical features in Arunachal Pradesh in what Beijing calls the “standardization” of place names in the territory it claims as Zangnan, or southern Tibet. The list, published by China’s ministry of civil affairs on April 10, 2026, is the sixth such exercise since 2017 and covers mountain passes, peaks, rivers, and settlements – each assigned a name in Chinese characters, Tibetan script, and pinyin, with precise GPS coordinates.
In this video, Major General Sudhakar Jee (R), former GOC 3rd Infantry Division, explains why China is doing so.
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