<h1>Opposition says government legitimized Chinese aggression, demands restoration of status quo under international law, trade remedies, and national security review</h1> The opposition criticized the government for meeting with the Chinese president, alleging that recent high-level engagement effectively legitimizes Chinese territorial aggression and reflects executive failure to restore the pre-standoff status quo on the border as demanded by the military; it also flagged national security concerns over a large transboundary hydropower project and alleged injurious dumping of Chinese imports harming domestic small enterprises. The government framed talks as necessary bilateral cooperation. Legal implications include sovereign rights and status-quo restoration under international law, potential remedies under trade and anti-dumping law, and administrative or parliamentary scrutiny of foreign-policy decisions.