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Days aft Chinese officials detained an Indian citizen from Arunachal Pradesh astatine Shanghai planetary airport, Randhir Jaiswal, Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, said, “arbitrary actions” by China are “most unhelpful” successful nurturing “people-centric” initiatives. Mr. Jaiswal further said that “peace and tranquillity” connected the India-China borderline is the “prerequisite” for the improvement of ties.
Mr. Jaiswal’s remarks came a time aft the MEA said a “strong demarche” was sent to the Chinese broadside soon aft the detention of the Indian citizen, Pema Wang Thongdok, became known.
“Arbitrary actions by China arsenic I referred to involving an Indian national from Arunachal Pradesh are astir unhelpful towards efforts being made by some sides to physique communal spot and knowing and gradually determination towards normalisation of bilateral relations,” said Mr. Jaiswal.
Mr. Jaiswal emphasised that Arunachal Pradesh is an “integral and inalienable portion of India and this is simply a information that is aforesaid evident. No magnitude of denial by the Chinese broadside volition alteration this indisputable reality.”
Held for 18 hours
Ms. Thongdok had announced connected societal media connected Sunday (November 23, 2025) that she was detained successful Shanghai airport: “I was held astatine Shanghai airdrome for implicit 18 hours connected 21st Nov, 2025 implicit claims by China migration & @chinaeasternair that my Indian passport was invalid arsenic my birthplace is Arunachal Pradesh, which they claimed is Chinese territory.”
On Wednesday Mr. Jaiswal said, “Maintenance of bid and tranquillity successful the borderline regions is simply a prerequisite for the continued and wide improvement of India-China bilateral relations. Our presumption successful this respect has ever been precise wide and consistent. Since October 2024, some sides person worked intimately to support bid and tranquility successful the borderline regions.”
China Eastern Airlines started its Shanghai-Delhi work connected November 9, 2025, aft the Indian and Chinese enactment met connected August 31, 2025 connected the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s acme successful Tianjin. This led to the reviving of aerial connectivity aft a spread of 5 years. The 2 sides person taken a fig of people-centric initiatives since Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited India from August 18 to 19 erstwhile the 2 sides resolved to commencement borderline commercialized done the upland passes. This was followed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sojourn to Tianjin, erstwhile some sides agreed to restart “direct flights and visa facilitation” and contented “tourist visas.”
