Does this video show China ramping up its military presence near Arunachal Pradesh? Fact Check
Claim: Viral clip allegedly shows how China is ramping up its military presence near Arunachal Pradesh.
Conclusion: The claim is a Misrepresentation. The video depicts a specific live-force confrontational drill involving robot dogs and drones, conducted by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) ground force around Nov 10, 2025. It is not a “massive” military buildup near Arunachal Pradesh.
Rating : Misrepresenattion — 
Several social media users have claimed that China is ramping up its military presence in Arunachal Pradesh and India has done nothing to counter it. Verified X user ‘RavinderKapur2’ shared such a claim with the caption: “BREAKING…Why is Narendra Modi and the MEA quiet…China has started a massive military build-up near Arunachal Pradesh.” The post is accompanied by a video from CGTN showing hundreds of tanks and vehicles assembled in a desert-like area.
The post gained around 226,000 views and can be seen below:
BREAKING 🚨
Why is Narendra Modi and the MEA quiet 🤫 🤐
China has started a massive military build-up near Arunachal Pradesh.
— Ravinder Kapur. (@RavinderKapur2) December 11, 2025
Other users have shared similar claims which can be seen here.
WAR? China is rapidly militarizing its border with India, completing 36 hardened aircraft shelters at Lhunze airbase just 40 km from Arunachal Pradesh, allowing fast deployment of stealth jets and troops. pic.twitter.com/156R7VMtoa
— @amuse (@amuse) December 12, 2025
FACT CHECK
DigitEYE India decided to investigate this claim and found that it is false. The video showcases live-fire training drills conducted by the PLA 78th Group Army of China from November 2025. This has no connection to Arunachal Pradesh and has been debunked by official government sources.
Details:
We first conducted a web search with the phrase “China increases military build up near Arunachal Pradesh” to learn about the claim. Searches across various news outlets yield no credible reports of a sudden “massive” military deployment near Arunachal Pradesh.
Next, we conducted a reverse image search of the footage in the claim that is watermarked by CGTN. The search took us to the complete video uploaded by ‘CGTN Europe’ on 13th November 2025 which is titled: “PLA ground force conducts live-fire drills featuring high tech drones, robotic dogs.” View a screenshot of this below:
(Video courtesy: CGTN Europe)
Chinese PLA 78th Group Army recently participated in a live-force confrontational drill at a field training ground. The drill proceeded with new combat tactics featuring close coordination of manned and unmanned high-tech equipment including long-endurance drones and robotic dogs. More information on PLA 78th Group Army can be found here.
Upon checking for any Indian government responses on this claim, we found that the Press Information Bureau’s fact check unit has debunked this claim in a post on X. The post mentions that the video shows “a military exercise conducted by a brigade of the PLA’s 78th Group Army, which is part of the Northern Theatre Command, headquartered in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province.”
Therefore, this is not related to any sort of China’s military buildup near Arunachal Pradesh.
Several social media accounts have shared a video claiming that China has started a massive military build-up near Arunachal Pradesh.#PIBFactCheck
❌ This claim is #Fake.
✅ The video shared shows a military exercise conducted by a brigade of the PLA’s 78th Group Army, which… pic.twitter.com/b8xB6vkfCl
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) December 14, 2025
Thus, the claim is Misrepresentation.
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