Anushka Saxena quoted in Firstpost on China’s renaming move

Anushka Saxena, Research Analyst with Takshashila’s Indo-Pacific Studies Programme, was quoted in Firspost on China’s renaming exercise.

She was quoted as saying “China has indulged in the renaming exercise first and foremost to rewrite history to solidify claims over territories it says is disputed — even though they may not, in reality, be ‘disputed’. Secondly, the idea is to insert Chinese names in the usage of other countries and governments, so that associated territories only seem to be remembered as a part of the mainland. Thirdly, China also uses the renaming exercises as a response to actions that violate its so-called red lines.”

Read the article here.