- China’s move to continuously issue stapled visas to people of Arunachal Pradesh casts its shadow on slated Indian youth delegation visit to China.
- China claims in touch with Indian government over the matter,earlier it asked Indian delegation not to include people from Arunachal in the team
- Exchange visit is expected to happen only after the Lok Sabha elections now, as per indicated by India’s ministry of external affairs
- Exchange under India-China decision to observe year 2014 as ‘year of friendly exchanges’
- Bone of contention is over China’s claim over 90,000 sq km of land mass in Arunachal Pradesh, a part of India
- China says stapled visa because Arunachal Pradesh is ‘disputed’.
Exams Perspective:
- Stapled Visa policy of China
- India China Bilateral Relations
- McMahon Line
- Year of Friendly Exchanges