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Fighting has broken out in India over the construction of a modern Chinese village within the border with Bhutan and the demand for Chinese citizens to live there permanently. The town is also claimed to be at least two and a half kilometers from Thimphu.
The controversy erupted after Shen Xuewei, a senior journalist with the Chinese state news agency CGTN, posted some photos of the village on Twitter. The journalist later deleted the tweet. However, Bhutan has denied this claim.
Three days ago, he tweeted: “We now have permanent residents in the newly built Panda Village.”
“This village is in the valley, 35 kilometers south of Yadong county.” He also attached a map of the location of the village in that post. From this it is understood that the village is actually very close to the border of Bhutan.
Bhutan’s ambassador in Delhi, Major General V. Namgyel, said in a statement that China does not have any people within its sovereign borders. The BBC reports that many international experts say the village in the photo is in Bhutan.
Many observers in India feel that since India is responsible for Bhutan’s foreign and defense policy, in this article, China is trying to send a message to India that it is capable of establishing a permanent settlement within Bhutan.
According to media reports, Delhi has yet to comment on the matter. However, India’s concern has increased.
The Panda village is said to have been located just nine kilometers from the Indo-Nepal-Bhutan border three years ago, in the Doklam Valley, where Indian and Chinese troops have clashed for months.
Nathan Rousseau, a satellite imagery expert associated with a think tank in Canberra, claims to have released multiple satellite images, not just near Doklam, but at least a mile and a half within Bhutan’s recognized territory.
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