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China’s new land border legislation that just lately grabbed headlines apparently seeks to legitimize its use of civilian settlement to help territorial claims alongside its disputed boundaries with India and Bhutan. There have been studies about China constructing villages in areas it illegally occupied in Bhutan in addition to in Arunachal Pradesh. Article VII of the 2005 India-China settlement on Political Parameters and Guiding Rules for Settlement of the Boundary Query states the 2 sides shall safeguard the pursuits of settled populations within the border areas whereas clinching a deal to resolve the boundary row. Sources advised ET that now...
