Dalai Lama's recent visit

inventing names to towns

"standardised" official names for six places

NEW DELHI: In a sure sign that it is still rattled by theto Arunachal Pradesh , Beijing today used its state media to warn India that it will end up "paying dearly" if it continues playing "the Dalai Lama card".Further, after India said that China "" in Arunachal doesn't make its claims to the territory legal, Beijing hit back at India saying the northeastern state isn't India's "simply because the Dalai Lama says so"."New Delhi would be too ingenuous to believe that the region belongs to India simply because the Dalai Lama says so," said an op-ed in the Global Time, the Chinese Communist Party 's foreign policy news outlet.The lingering border dispute between India and China involves about 90,000 square kms of territory in Arunachal Pradesh. China calls Arunachal 'South Tibet '.Two days ago, China announced that it hasin Arunachal in a "legitimate action". China's move came on the heels of a visit by the Dalai Lama to Arunachal. Beijing protested strongly about the visit."Putting the Dalai Lama into its toolbox against China is another trick played by New Delhi lately...It is time for India to do some serious thinking over why China announced the standardized names in South Tibet at this time. Playing the Dalai Lama card is never a wise choice for New Delhi. If India wants to continue this petty game, it will only end up in paying dearly for it," the op-ed said.The article also alleged that China is making efforts to solve the territorial dispute but India isn't."India seems to have become trapped in its stubbornness to measure its strength with China. But territorial disputes cannot be settled by comparing which side is stronger or which country has more leverage. Otherwise, there is no need for Beijing to sit down with New Delhi at the negotiating table," the Global Times piece said.