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New Delhi, November 25, 2025— A day after India lodged a strong demarche over the alleged harassment of an Arunachal Pradesh–born Indian woman at Shanghai’s Pudong Airport, China renewed its territorial claims on Tuesday, insisting it has “never recognised the so-called Arunachal Pradesh illegally set up by India.”Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning, responding to questions in Beijing, referred to the state as “Zangnan, China’s territory” and denied reports that the traveller who was transiting from London to Japan had been detained for nearly 18 hours because her Indian passport listed Arunachal Pradesh as her birthplace.Mao said border inspection officials…