Such unprecedented, large-scale map burning mimics State-sponsored rewriting of history textbooks. A week before the Dalai Lama spoke, China had vetoed India’s request to list Masood Azhar as a terrorist recognized by the United Nations. In 2016, the South China Sea arbitration, started at the behest of the Philippines, rejected the Chinese claims. But China continues with its artificial island-making programme in the South China Sea. Having ‘defined’ European colonialism, China is now attempting a large-scale history rewriting project.

Source: The Telegraph April 29, 2019 13:07 UTC