“Map of China as it really is…” Ex-Chief of Indian Army Gen Naravane stings 'expansionist' Beijing

Sep 14, 2023

New Delhi, September 14 (ANI): Former Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane took a sharp jibe at expansionist China. Taking to X (formerly Twitter) he shared a ‘real’ map of China and the regions occupied by the Beijing. General MM Naravane captioned the image, “Finally someone has got the map of China as it really is”.General Naravane's scathing tweet came days after China released its ‘imaginary’ “standard map”. China’s “standard map” showed Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin region as part of its territory. Beijing’s ‘imaginary’ map was released on Aug 28 after PM Modi and Prez Xi shared the stage at BRICS Summit. Through diplomatic channels, MEA also lodged a strong protest against China’s “so-called standard map”. Other than India, Russia, Malaysia and The Philippines strongly condemned China’s “standard map”. Netizens also took a jibe at ‘expansionist’ China as soon as Gen MM Naravane shared their balkanized map on X.