indo-asian news service
Beijing, August 22: China Tuesday said there will be “utter chaos” if its troops entered India on the pretext that Indian border infrastructure posed a threat to Beijing.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said India’s logic that Chinese road building in Doklam on the border posed a threat to New Delhi was “ridiculous and vicious”.
It said China would in no way allow any country or individual to infringe upon its territorial sovereignty. “The Indian side illegally crossed the boundary on the excuse of … Chinese road building. The reason is ridiculous, vicious and facts are clear,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said. “You may think about it. If we tolerate India’s ridiculous logic, then anyone who dislikes the activity at his neighbour’s home can break into its neighbour’s house.”
“Does that mean when China thinks that large-scale construction of infrastructure at the border area of India is posing a threat, it can enter Indian territory? Wouldn’t that be utter chaos?”
To Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s remark that India had never been an aggressor and has had no ambitions to expand its border, Hua responded: “China loves peace and firmly upholds peace. At the same time, we will safeguard our territorial integrity and sovereignty. We allow no country or any individual to infringe upon China’s territorial sovereignty.”