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Why in news ?

After the Indian government began the process of removing the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, China termed the carving of Ladakh into a separate union territory as “unacceptable”, with India implicitly ticking off Beijing for commenting on an “internal matter”.

Background :

On 5 August 2019, the President of India Ram Nath Kovind issued a constitutional order revoking the 1954 order, and making all the provisions of the Indian constitution applicable to Jammu and Kashmir.

The order rendered the Article 370 and Article 35A of the Indian constitution ineffective.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced the move to scrap Article 370, which provides a special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and proposed the bifurcation of the state into two Union Territories through a fresh Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019.

The bill proposes making Jammu and Kashmir a Union Territory with a legislature and Ladakh a separate Union Territory without an assembly.

Why china’s response is like this?

China does not want to escalate tensions with India while it is in the middle of a trade war with U.S.

India’s swift response :

India launched a diplomatic offensive briefing key diplomats from the countries currently in the UN Security Council (UNSC) in New Delhi to counter any adverse reactions to its decision to revoke the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution.

India-China border dispute :