Illegal, null and void: China rejects India’s standard names for 27 Arunachal featuresChina on Monday rejected India's move to assign standard names to 27 places and features in Arunachal Pradesh, calling it “illegal, null and void”. “India’s move of attempting to replace names long been used by China with its so-called ‘standard names’ is illegal, null and void,” he said in a reply posted on the official website of the Foreign Ministry. China calls Tibet as Xizang and Arunachal Pradesh Zangnan. With China repeatedly renaming some places in Arunachal Pradesh, India last week formally identified 27 places and features in the state by their standard names on the official Indian map. China’s Civil Affairs Ministry has been periodically releasing the Chinese names for different locations of Arunachal Pradesh since 2017 to assert China’s claims over the area.