China claims Arunachal Pradesh as South Tibet. Beijing has been renaming places in Arunachal Pradesh — which it calls Zangnan — since 2017 to assert territorial claims by terming the area an “inherent part of China’s territory”.

China has expressed its disapproval over an Indian mountaineering team's decision to name a previously unnamed peak in Arunachal Pradesh after the 6th Dalai Lama. The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson,

China has called an expedition by a group of Indian mountaineers to an unclimbed and unnamed peak in the remote Arunachal Pradesh state "illegal". A team of 15 people from India’s National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports scaled the 6,

Beijing has expressed frustration over Indian mountaineers naming an unnamed peak in Arunachal after the 6th Dalai Lama, reaffirming its territorial claims on the region.

Indian mountaineers sparked Chinese discontent by naming an unnamed peak in Arunachal Pradesh after the 6th Dalai Lama. China reaffirmed its territorial claims over the area, while India maintained that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of its territory and dismissing China's consistent renaming efforts.

A team from India's National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports scaled an unnamed peak in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang region, naming it after the sixth Dalai Lama. China condemned this act,

Tsangyang Gyatso was born in Arunachal Pradesh’s Mon Tawang in 1682 and was enthroned as the Sixth Dalai Lama at the age of 14

NIMAS, situated in Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh, operates under the Ministry of Defence. The decision to name the peak after the 6th Dalai Lama honours his enduring wisdom and significant contributions to the Monpa community and beyond,

Dirang: A 15-member team from the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS) summited an unnamed and unclimbed 20,942-feet high peak in Gorichen range on Tawang-West Kameng region in Arunachal Pradesh and named the peak in honour of 6th Dalai Lama,