IndiaTheNews Exclusive: Why did Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan stand with India against China, why Nepal is also not liking China Map?

This week in IndiaTheNews News Network’s special program Shaurya Path, we wanted to know from Brigadier Shri DS Tripathi (Retd) that how do you see the issue of new map by China? We wanted to know that what should be India’s response to this act of China? In response, he said that India has rejected the neighboring country’s claims regarding showing Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin in China’s map as ‘baseless’ and said that such steps by the Chinese side are related to the border. Will only complicate the matter. He said that if seen, China has to understand that other people’s territories do not become yours just by making absurd claims. He said that creating pressure on psychological grounds from China is not a new thing. It started in the 1950s. So by presenting a map claiming some areas of India, I think it does not change anything. They are part of India.

Brigadier Shri DS Tripathi (Retd) said that there is no need to take such activities of China very seriously, however, India should always maintain a high level of vigilance. He said that whenever China has to start a new trouble, it takes out a four thousand year old map and revises it and releases it, but now the whole world has understood its game, that is why a worldwide atmosphere is being created against it. He said that ever since Chinese President Xi Jinping changed the Chinese constitution and declared himself president for life, his ambitions have increased and his dream of ruling the world will never be fulfilled. He said that if China is issuing such maps, then we should also show those areas including Kailash Mansarovar in the Indian map, which historically belonged to India.

Brigadier Shri DS Tripathi (Retd) said that it is surprising that on the one hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping had an informal conversation on the 24th during the BRICS conference, but on the other hand, four days later, China released a new map. issued. He said that if China wanted to improve relations, it could have avoided this audacity. He said that this step of China has once again made it clear to the world that China says something and does something. He said that apart from India in its map, other countries whose territory China has declared as its own have also come down on protest.

Brigadier Shri DS Tripathi (Retd) said that along with India, the governments of Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan have rejected the new national map of China and have issued strongly worded statements alleging that Beijing is encroaching on their territories. Staking his claim. He said that if seen, the way many countries have stood together with India against China, it must have created an atmosphere of fear in the dragon’s mind. He said the Philippine government has criticized the 2023 version of China’s so-called ‘standard map’. In a statement, Philippine Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Ma Teresita Daza said this latest attempt to legitimize China’s alleged sovereignty and jurisdiction over maritime zones violates international law, specifically the 1982 UN Law of the Sea. There is no basis under the treaty (UNCLOS). Daza said the 2016 “arbitral award” has already invalidated the demarcation and called on China to comply with its obligations under UNCLOS. The Philippines had already protested the publication of China’s national map in 2013, which placed parts of the Kalayan Islands or Spratlys within China’s ‘national boundary’.

Brig Shri DS Tripathi (Retd) said that in addition the Malaysian government has said that it will send a protest note on China’s claims on the South China Sea, as mentioned in the ‘China Standard Map Version 2023’. The foreign ministry said Malaysia does not recognize China’s claims in the South China Sea, as shown in the latest version of China’s standard map, which includes Malaysia’s territorial waters. In addition, this latest provocation by China has also been criticized by Vietnam. He said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang has said that Vietnam firmly reiterates its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Parasail) and Truong Sa (Spratly) islands, and firmly rejects any maritime claims by China. . On the other hand, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry also criticized China’s new ‘standard map’, saying that Taiwan has never been ruled by China.

Brigadier Shri DS Tripathi (Retd) said that on the other hand, the case emerging from Nepal is also very interesting as the Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Balendra Shah, has made his pre-scheduled visit there on China’s failure to accept the new political map of Nepal. has been cancelled. He told that Balendra Shah had to go there to participate in the closing ceremony of a cultural festival organized in China. In his post on social media, Mayor Shah said that he has canceled his visit in the backdrop of China releasing a new map on Monday as the new map shows Limpiyadhura, Kalapani and Lipulekh areas as part of India. Shown in while Nepal considers them as its part. The Mayor of Kathmandu said that without asking Nepal, we consider it a wrong step against our sensitivity to tell Nepalese territory as India’s. He recalled that relations between India and Nepal had come under strain after Kathmandu published a new political map in 2020, which showed three Indian territories – Limpiyadhura, Kalapani and Lipulekh – as part of Nepal . In the same year, Nepal’s then President Bidya Devi Bhandari signed a constitution amendment bill to update the new political map of the country to include three strategically important Indian territories. However, India reacted sharply, calling it a “unilateral act” and cautioned Kathmandu that such an “artificial expansion” of territorial claims would not be acceptable to it.