India reacts sharply to expansion of CPEC projects to its Pak, China-ruled territories

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(TibetanReview.net, Jan10’26) – India has reacted sharply to an announcement by Beijing and Islamabad of an expansion of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to include areas across Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Chinese-ruled Shaksgam valley of Ladakh. The Shaksgam valley is claimed by India but was ceded by Pakistan – which took control of it during the first India-Pak war of 1947-48 – to China in 1963.

The development is a stark reminder that despite significant improvement in bilateral economic ties in recent times that led to major reopening decisions after the violent Galwan Valley border clash of mid-2020, New Delhi continues to have to contend with a festering, often eruptive te...

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