no new construction has taken place by China in Doklam +

During the Doklam face-off +

NEW DELHI: A Chinese Communist Party run publication said today that Beijing will continue to build roads and other infrastructure in Doklam , the site of a recent face-off with India.The op-ed in China's Global Times was referring to reports late last week that China's People's Liberation Army has started constructing a road in the Chumbi valley, about 10km from the site of the recent India-China face-off.The op-ed further said that any Indian reaction to such construction is "eccentric" and that Indian society is "paranoid" as well as "sensitive and arrogant".Interestingly, Global Times echoed the Indian government's line that. However, Global Times' rationale for that denial was that "it is not the right season for construction work". Other than that, it claimed, Beijing is fully within its rights to undertake any construction in the area."Doklam is Chinese territory and under effective control and supervision of the Chinese government., Beijing intensified efforts to develop infrastructure in the region and road construction there will be a long-term trend," said the Global Times op-ed.It added that while India's concerns are "understandable" it "shouldn't mess around". New Delhi, it said, should deepen strategic security communication with China and "exercise restraint"After several such near-warnings the op-ed then says India is not a major focus for China and therefore Beijing "is not willing to see that ties with India consume too much energy".India, it said, should keep its security concern at reasonable levels."China's infrastructure construction in the Doklam region is logical, but India's strong reaction is eccentric. Indian society is sensitive and arrogant, and Indian media is amplifying nationalism. India must overcome its paranoia and China has no obligation to indulge India's capriciousness," said the Global Times op-ed.