Arunachal Pradesh Is India's

China investing in communication technologies, increasing its asymmetric warfare capability, rapidly modernising their military and relying on high-tech information for cyber war signals that India must not go overboard and tread cautiously in its endeavour to establish friendly ties with China- 'Once bitten,twice shy'. The Chinese clearly have hegemonistic designs on Asia and India is a potential rival. With the Chinese having adopted an aggressive stance on Arunachal Pradesh by refusing to grant a visa to an Arunachal Pradesh IAS officer coupled with the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet railway and border roads,India must resolutely state its position 'loud and clear' of Arunachal Pradesh being an integral part of India, without compromising needlessly. In spite of knowing the Chinese position fully well, it is difficult to fathom why the Govt invited this embarrassment.