India is aware of China establishing two new counties, parts of which fall in Ladakh, and has registered a "solemn" protest ...

New Delhi has strongly objected to Beijing’s creation of two new counties, parts of which fall within Indian territory ...

India has lodged a solemn protest against China's establishment of two new counties in the Hotan prefecture, which includes ...

The government is also aware that China is "developing infrastructure in the border regions", Minister of State for External ...

This area, also known as Khotan in India, includes sections of Aksai Chin—a region that India considers an integral part of its territory but has been under Chinese control since the 1962 war.

"The Government of India has never accepted the illegal Chinese occupation of Indian Territory in this area. Creation of new counties will ... and infrastructural developments in the Aksai Chin region ...