“The country’s decision reflects its Cold War mentality, and would only cause deeper hatred among residents living in Indian- and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir,” Hu added.
Wang Dehua, director of the Institute for Southern and Central Asian Studies at the Shanghai Municipal Centre for International Studies, said that a sealed border would only disrupt peace efforts made by the two sides.
These hardline comments came ahead of the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to India this week to participate in the BRICS summit in Goa, during which he would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
This will be their second meeting in two months. The two met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou last month.
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