new delhi amid the tense indiachina border standoff beijing on saturday issued safety advisory for its citizens traveling to india reported ptithe advisory was issued through the chinese embassy in new delhi it asked chinese travellers to india to pay close attention to the security situation and take necessary precautionschinese foreign ministry officials emphasized that it is an advisory and not an alert that was issued they didnt clarify the difference but its likely an advisory is milder than an alert it is not a travel alert it is an advisory asking chinese travellers to be careful an official of the chinese foreign ministry in beijing told ption july 5 china had said it was considering issuing such an alert for citizens visiting india depending on the security situation following the border standoff in doklam read this story in gujaratithe chinese government attaches great importance to safety and lawful rights and interests of overseas chinese citizens in accordance with the security condition of the relevant countries said a foreign ministry spokesman on july 5earlier this week a leading official newspaper in beijing warned chinese companies operating in india to be be alert and take steps to avoid being hit by antichina sentiment an article in the global times called on chinese firms to reduce their investments in india in view of the tension china and india have been engaged in the standoff in the doklam area near the bhutan trijunction for the past three weeks after a chinese armys construction party attempted to build a road doka la is the indian name for the region which bhutan recognises as dokalam while china claims it as part of its donglang region