China complains about Arunachal Pradesh map in Bangladesh textbook

China has raised objections implicit Bangladeshi textbooks depicting Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin arsenic part of India successful a map of Asia.

Chinese diplomats claimed Bangladesh "incorrectly depicted the 2 territories" arsenic portion of India's territory successful people 4 textbooks and connected the website of the Department of Survey, calling it a "factual discrepancy".

Beijing sent a missive to Bangladesh successful November past year, requesting corrections to the maps and accusation presented successful the textbooks and connected the survey department’s website, Bangladeshi regular Prothom Alo reported.

In the letter, China said the Bangladesh and Global Studies textbook contains a map of the Asian portion successful which the territorial boundaries betwixt China and India person been "inaccurately marked", peculiarly with respect to Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin.

India and China stock a 3,488km borderline that runs from Ladakh successful the westbound to Arunachal Pradesh successful the east. China holds a ample portion of territory called the Aksai Chin successful Ladakh that it won during the 1962 warfare with India and claims India's northeastern authorities of Arunachal Pradesh arsenic portion of its state of Tibet.

Relations betwixt the hostile neighbours deed a caller debased successful July 2020 aft astatine slightest 20 Indian armymen and 4 Chinese soldiers were killed successful a deadly clash successful the Galwan Valley successful Ladakh. It was the archetypal clip successful 45 years that a clash connected the borderline had led to fatalities.

Last year, New Delhi said it had reached an statement with Beijing connected subject patrols on their disputed Himalayan border, marking a important measurement towards resolving the standoff.

China besides disputed the notation of Hong Kong and Taiwan arsenic abstracted countries with commercialized relations with Dhaka successful the Bangladesh and Global Studies textbook for students of grades 9 and 10.

Beijing maintains that self-governed Taiwan is simply a breakaway state and has not ruled retired the usage of unit to bring the land nether its control.

China has asked Dhaka to abide by the "One China" argumentation and emphasised communal respect for each other’s "sovereignty, independency and territorial integrity".

The missive was followed by a treatment betwixt diplomats of the 2 nations.

Bangladesh’s Ministry of Education and the National Curriculum and Textbook Board said the process of printing caller textbooks had already been completed, which near them nary country for corrections.

This pushed Dhaka to petition Beijing to not exert unit connected the contented and reportedly assured it that the substance would beryllium addressed successful a coordinated mode later.

"We are maintaining presumption quo, not making immoderate changes astatine this moment," a Bangladesh authorities authoritative told The Daily Star connected Sunday.