China firm on border issue: Qin

India should be "fully aware" that China's stand on the two countries' outstanding border issue is always consistent and clear-cut, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said yesterday.

"The Sino-India boundary issue has never been officially settled, and China is always against the illegal McMahon line," he told a regular press conference in Beijing.

Qin made the remark in response to Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's claim in a speech on Sunday that "Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India".