China’s Strategic Renaming Of Places In Arunachal Pradesh: Symbolism, Signalling, And Geopolitical Leverage – Analysis

On May 14, 2025, China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs unveiled its fifth batch of “standardized” names for 27 places located in Arunachal Pradesh province of India, which it refers to as “Zangnan” in Mandarin and Tibetan languages. This move follows similar announcements in April 2017, December 2021, April 2023, and April...