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China Tightens Strategic Pressure on India with Border Renaming and Military Superiority in the Himalayas

Reading Time: 4 minutes China has again escalated tensions with India by issuing a new list of standardised place names in Arunachal Pradesh, part of a long-standing border dispute that now increasingly reflects Beijing’s growing strategic leverage over New Delhi. The move underscores a coordinated effort by China to assert administrative control, reinforce its territorial claims, and project dominance along the Himalayan frontier. On 14 May 2025, the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs released 27 new place names in what it refers to as “Zangnan” — a territory it claims is part of the Tibet Autonomous Region. This list includes 15 mountains, five residential areas, four mountain passes, two rivers, and one lake. The names are provided in Mandarin, Tibetan script, and pinyin, complete with geographical coordinates and official maps (South China Morning Post, 2025). This is the fourth such renaming exercise since 2017, forming part of China’s broader cartographic