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China has passed a new law to strengthen land border protection amid the ongoing standoff with India along the Line of Actual Control, reported the Hindustan Times on Sunday.China’s Parliament, the National People’s Congress, on Saturday voted to adopt the “...new law on the protection and exploitation of the country’s land border areas, which will take effect on January 1, 2022�, according to state-run media.The law will now govern how Beijing guards its 22,000-km long land border that it shares with 14 countries, including India, Russia, North Korea, Mongolia and Bhutan. China has land border disputes with India and Bhutan.This is the first time China has passed a law specifying how it governs its borders, reported Reuters.The People’s Liberation Army and the People’s Armed Police Force, the country’s military and the military police, guard the border against any “invasion, encroachment, infiltration, provocation�.The new law says that China can close down its border if a war or other armed conflict nearby threatens border security. It also strengthens the Army’s policy to work closely with civilians at border areas to form the first line of defence.The law stipulates that China will take measures to “strengthen border defence, support economic and social development as well as opening-up in...Read more

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