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Chinese experts dismiss hype of border issue, call for China, India to prevent it from hijacking bilateral ties_我的网站

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Some Indian media outlets and regional political forces have recently sought to amplify allegations of an unverified China-India border confrontation, while official signals from Beijing and New Delhi have emphasized stability, communication and the importance of managing differences through established mechanisms.
The contrasting narratives have emerged at a moment when exchanges between China and India in various fields have gradually resumed, and cooperation has been advanced in an orderly manner, Chinese experts noted, warning that sensationalizing border-related claims could disrupt the hard-won momentum in bilateral ties and the two countries should prevent the boundary question from hijacking their broader relationship.
Contrasting narratives The latest media speculation was partly triggered by claims made by the People's Party of the so-called "Arunachal Pradesh" (PPA), a regional Indian political party. According to The Arunachal Times, a local Indian newspaper, a four-member PPA "fact-finding committee" led by former minister and party adviser Kahfa Bengia visited the so-called "Taksing area" (known as Taxin, in Zangnan, Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region) on July 10 and subsequently alleged that Indian forces had been prevented from accessing several patrolling points.
The claims were then amplified by Indian news outlet ThePrint, which reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources, that Chinese and Indian patrols had allegedly come "face to face" near Taxin in late July.
The outlet further claimed that Chinese personnel subsequently left before returning in early August and setting up "two or three tents."
However, ThePrint acknowledged that sources in India's defense and security establishment said the "situation was well under control."
Some other Indian reports have also questioned the sensational allegations. India Today reported on Wednesday that Indian government sources dismissed social media claims circulating about what was described as "slow encroachment," while noting that similar allegations regarding the area had previously been rejected by local authorities and the Indian Army.
In fact, the claims stand in contrast to the official diplomatic signals coming from both sides.
Asked on Tuesday about reports concerning the border, Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said New Delhi takes border matters seriously and reiterated India's position that "the state of the border affairs will reflect on the state of our larger bilateral ties," according to a media briefing released by the ministry on its website on Tuesday.
He also referred to existing mechanisms for dealing with border issues and preventing misunderstanding and miscalculation, according to the briefing.
Responding on Wednesday to questions from Bloomberg and Reuters concerning social media claims about stepped-up Chinese military activity and a possible new border incident, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun said, "The China-India border situation is generally stable at the moment."
"China and India held the 36th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on China-India Border Affairs last week. The two sides agreed to maintain communication via diplomatic and military channels and jointly uphold peace and tranquility in the border areas," Guo said.
Qian Feng, director of the Research Department at Tsinghua University's National Strategy Institute, told the Global Times on Thursday that the fact that the two sides continue to communicate through established channels shows that the border situation has not developed in the direction of escalation portrayed by some Indian media.
Such hype also came amid another development concerning Zangnan. India on August 7 announced what it called "standard" names for 27 locations in so-called "Arunachal Pradesh," a move that some Indian media outlets portrayed as an effort to counter China and further connected with the latest reports of border tensions.
China has firmly rejected the move. Responding to the issue on Monday, spokesperson Guo said, "Zangnan region is China's territory. China does not recognize the so-called 'Arunachal Pradesh' illegally set up by India."
Guo said India's attempt to replace names long used by China with its so-called "standard names" is "illegal, null and void," and stressed that it would not change the fact that Zangnan belongs to China.
Hu Zhiyong, a professor from Zhejiang International Studies University and a research fellow at the Institute of International Relations at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times on Thursday that border and security issues have traditionally been susceptible to political manipulation in India's domestic politics. "When domestic economic and social problems become difficult to address, issues involving the borders with China or Pakistan can easily be pushed to the forefront to divert public attention," Hu explained.
He said economic pressures, concerns over foreign investment and the domestic business environment, together with accumulated public sentiment, could provide incentives for some political forces to magnify external disputes.
Hu argued that another problem lies in the tendency of some Indian political figures to bind the boundary question too closely to the entire China-India relationship. "The boundary issue is one part of bilateral relations, which also encompass political, economic, diplomatic, security and people-to-people exchanges," Hu said. "It should not be allowed to hijack the entire relationship."
Dialogue matters According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry's statement of the August 6 meeting, the two sides conducted constructive dialogue in a candid and friendly manner, had an in-depth exchange of views on further implementing the consensus reached during the 24th Round of Talks between the Special Representatives of China and India on the Boundary Question, and agreed to jointly prepare for the coming 25th Round of SR talks. The two sides also discussed boundary delimitation, border management, mechanism development, cross-border exchange and cooperation. The two sides agreed to continue to maintain diplomatic and military communication, and jointly safeguard peace and tranquility in the border areas.
Hu pointed out that the timing of the latest speculation is noteworthy, as border issues have at times been used by some forces in India in an attempt to gain leverage ahead of important bilateral interactions.
The 36th WMCC meeting demonstrates that the two sides possess functioning channels through which disagreements can be addressed. This is particularly important as China and India seek to sustain the improvement in relations and prepare for further high-level interactions, said Chinese observers.
"The boundary dispute is a complicated issue left over from history and cannot be resolved overnight," Qian said. "What matters is to keep diplomatic and military communication channels open, promptly handle frontline frictions through established mechanisms, expand people-to-people exchanges and strengthen coordination under multilateral frameworks such as BRICS and the SCO."
。 Bonny 编译 是时候废除车辆登记、Wof和路税的纸质贴纸,并将整个过程数字化了吗?
汽车协会 (AA) 表示同意,认为这可以为道路使用者和纳税人节省一大笔钱。政府似乎也有同样的想法,因此这样的改变可能并不遥远。

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车辆登记和路税是政府交通项目的重要融资工具。据 NZ Autocar 称,它们为政府预算增加了约 4.7亿纽币,管理费用为5000万纽币。
但AA表示,当前车辆挡风玻璃上的贴纸和随附文件系统已经过时,应该放弃。
AA汽车政策首席顾问Terry Collin说:“目前,这些信息都可用。如果你被警察拦住,警察已经知道你的路税是否已经更新,你的车辆是否注册,以及车辆是否有WoF证明。所有这些数据都保存在机动车登记系统中。”
他说,AA认为取消纸张工作和其他管理成本,将为司机省钱。
“如果购买路税,在柜台购买比在网络上购买贵10%。但是他们仍然还在坚持这种工作方式,而且工作时长达到10个工作日。”
Collins补充说,纸质贴纸仍然存在的唯一原因,是让司机能够及时了解一切到期时间,但他表示政府已经拥有了可以帮助实现这一目标的系统。
上周,新西兰交通局发布了一款简化流程的APP,可以显示汽车的WoF、车辆登记和路税的到期日期。使用者可以一次性支付所有这些费用。

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Collins表示,通过更加数字化的系统,合规性可能会得到改善。
“‘我忘记了’或‘我不知道该到期了’的借口越来越少,因为现在你已经收到了所有这些提醒。”
他唯一的建议,是为不经常使用手机的老年司机或农村地区的人们保留纸质贴纸。

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1News 联系了交通部长 Simeon Brown,询问政府是否正在研究数字化系统。
Brown在一份声明中回应说:“政府致力于消除不必要的官僚机构,并以方便、及时的方式提供新西兰人所需的服务。
“我们的方法之一是数字化流程,例如WoF和车辆登记。我们已经发布了 NZTA 手机APP(测试版),该应用程序显示 WoF 和车辆登记信息(包括到期日)。迄今为止,用户对APP的反馈非常积极,NZTA 将继续更新和改进功能。”
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