evidence: A day after Beijing lodged a diplomatic protest over Modi’s visit, India’s foreign ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said that Chinese objections do not "change the reality that Arunachal Pradesh was and will always be an integral part of India." [...] Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters on Monday that Beijing "strongly deplores and firmly opposes" the Indian leader's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, which it refers to as Zangnan, and that "India has no right to arbitrarily develop the area of Zangnan in China." [...] China has objected to visits by Indian leaders to Arunachal Pradesh in the past, but tensions over the region have intensified in the past year. Last August, India lodged a protest with Beijing over reports that China released a new map showing the state as part of its territory. Last April, Beijing renamed 11 places in the state, including rivers and mountain peaks.