China Rejects India's Objection to Shaksgam Valley Construction, Reaffirms Claims

• China rejected India's objections, reaffirming its territorial claims over the Shaksgam Valley and defending infrastructure projects as "beyond reproach."
• India criticized China's development in Shaksgam Valley, asserting it's Indian territory and reserving the right to safeguard its interests.
• Pakistan illegally ceded 5,180 sq km of Indian territory in the Shaksgam Valley to China in 1963 from areas under its illegal occupation.
• India consistently rejects the 1963 China-Pakistan 'boundary agreement' as illegal and invalid, and opposes the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
• The Shaksgam Valley, part of the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, holds strategic significance at the crossroads of India, Pakistan, and China.

Why It Matters: China rejects India's claims on Shaksgam Valley, asserting its right to build, while India maintains the area is its territory.