China names areas in region disputed with India to assert claims

China has issued standardized spellings of the names of six places in a region disputed with India, in what China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday was an assertion of sovereignty.China was upset when exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, whom it considers a dangerous separatist, visited the contested stretch of land on the India-China border this month.Arunachal Pradesh is an eastern Himalayan region administered by New Delhi but claimed by China as Southern Tibet.