India, China Lock Horns As Beijing Slams Bifurcation Of Jammu And Kashmir huffingtonpost.in

India engaged in a diplomatic war of words with China over Kashmir on Thursday as it formally revoked the state’s constitutional autonomy and split it into two union territories in a bid to integrate it fully into India. Shops and offices were shut in Kashmir and the streets largely deserted in its main city Srinagar as new administrators were sworn into office in the biggest restructuring of the 173-year-old former princely kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan has condemned the move and protesters took to the streets in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.