evidence: China on March 25 continued to claim that Arunachal Pradesh is part of its territory, notwithstanding India dismissing Beijing’s claim as "absurd" and "ludicrous". [...] Zangnan, China’s official name for Arunachal Pradesh, was always part of China before it was "illegally occupied" by India, Lin claimed. [...] China's Defence Minister has also claimed that Arunachal Pradesh was part of Chinese territory, a claim dismissed by the Ministry of External Affairs last week.