Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the strategically important border Tibetan city of Nyingchi near Arunachal Pradesh. This information was given by the official media on Friday. Xi Jinping arrived at Nyingchi Menling Airport on Wednesday and was accorded a grand welcome by locals and officials from various ethnic groups, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
He then went to the Nyang River Bridge, in Tibetan, called 'Yarlung Zangbo' to inspect the ecological conservation in the Brahmaputra River Valley. China has approved a plan to build a massive dam on the Brahmaputra river during the current 14th Five Year Plan this year, which has raised concerns in the coastal states of India and Bangladesh.
Nyingchi is a province-level city in Tibet bordering Arunachal Pradesh. China describes Arunachal Pradesh as part of South Tibet, a claim that India has always strongly rejected. There is a border dispute between India and China along the 3,488 km Line of Actual Control (LAC).
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