China starts stapling visas again, this time for Arunachal

Despite strong protest by India against stapled visas issued to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, China has now expanded its stapled visa regime to Arunachal Pradesh by issuing it to two Arunachalees. A day after Abraham Kaya Techi, President, Arunachal weightlifting federation, was refused to board a flight to China; he termed the act of stapled visa issued to him as humiliating and insulting. Techi spoke to leading news agency Asian News International (ANI) at Arunachal House in New Delhi on Thursday, and said that he and an Arunchalee weightlifter were to leave for Beijing on Wednesday at the invitation of Chinese Weightlifting Association president Menguang on behalf of China Weightlifting Grand Prix to be held at Fujian Province during January 15 to 17.