By KELLY OLSEN
BEIJING — An outspoken Chinese general known for his nationalist views warned India on Thursday against stirring up “new trouble” in a long-running border dispute, just as New Delhi’s defence minister was set to visit Beijing.
“The Indian side should not provoke new problems and increase military deployment at the border areas and stir up new trouble,” Maj. Gen. Luo Yuan told reporters.
Luo, the deputy-director general of the world military research department at a People’s Liberation Army academy, described himself at a briefing as a “reasonable hardliner.”
His articles appear prominently in state media, and he has 320,000 followers on Sina Weibo, a popular Twitter-like microblogging site.
He made waves last year with comments questioning the legitimacy of Japanese sovereignty over the Ryukyu Islands, a chain that includes Okinawa and hosts numerous United States military bases.
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