Arunachal Pradesh

classic center periphery situation right like live in Delhi which is the center and Karunachal there in periphery so unless unless really blows up nobody cares like Manipur also for the longest time there was nothing exactly

I want to add to what Ranjan was saying actually on this border state you know Modi government's handling of border states you have one Manipur that's you know plunged into complete darkness shares the border with Myanmar and like Tongnam was saying that in Arunachal like she said that people know their duty they know you know they know their part and they play it well but in return we expect respect

What are the charges that they arrest these activists under? Because like in Delhi, I know depending on what color kurta you're wearing, you can threaten to kill people of a community.

You can, you know, and they will not even be an arrest.

If you look at so many people in India also are still in jail.

I think of Omar Khalid and Salvo Lima.

People here in Arunachal, what is happening right now is there is this large-scale militarization anyway it's a it's a militarized area because it's a border you know it's the indian state border that with china so we're used to these kind of movements but these people they have just come armed to why do you um and come against people who are saying we don't want hydropower basically they're trying to intimidate right or it's just a message to the people that if you do not throw the government line we will come get you and people are ready um i have seen in recent protests that led to the last protest here in pastika which is my hometown uh on friday it was a replication of what happened upstream there was a huge protest led by women and then you saw that the Indians and the Central Armed Police, they blocked the road and they tear gassed.

You don't do this to, and forget about doing it to your community or something, you don't do this to anybody who's trying to save their lives.

Look, the important point here is that China's legal territorial claims have been expanding over time.

And that shows you that China, which now claims parts of Japan, claims Taiwan, claims parts of the Philippines, Vietnam, 85% or 90% of the South China Sea, the entire state of Arunachal Pradesh in India, I mean, this is Peter, you have to look at facts.

And unfortunately, China believes that it should be far larger than it is today.

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What once took weeks to traverse can now move armored columns from Xinjiang to Tibet in days.

Similar upgrades are underway on the G315 and G318 highways, all of which enable faster military movement toward Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh.

These aren't just roads anymore, they're military corridors.

airports too are expanding.

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...regions and much of Bangladesh.

Arunachal Pradesh is a particularly sensitive flashpoint.

China considers it part of South Tibet and thus legally claims it as its own.

Border chief confirms China face-offs.

The head of India's border police says face-offs with Chinese troops are continuing at several places in Arunachal Pradesh.

Chhatrajit Kapoor, director general of the Indo-Tibetan border police, spoke at a ceremony honoring the force's personnel.

His remarks were reported on October 23rd.

He said a face-off had happened at several places in the state in recent days and that it continues.

He praised the force's newly raised Sharia commandos for their role.

Arunachal Pradesh is India's northeastern state on the border with China.

Local civil society groups there had said months earlier that Chinese forces were encroaching and denying Indian troops access to patrolling points.

At least 40 or 50 more will be affected.

Last week, youth protesters clashed with police in Arunachal Pradesh.

Police fired tear gas and protesters threw stones, a police station and an office of the state hydropower company were set on fire.

At least 21 people were arrested.