Posted on 02/25/2021 7:23:21 PM PST by SeekAndFind
China’s state-run media announced on Feb. 19 that four Chinese soldiers died at Galwan Valley, an India–China border region, in a violent face-off on June 15, 2020, while an Indian officer said China’s death toll was 45.
It was the first deadly clash on the China–India border in the past four decades.
After the bloody fight, India announced that 20 soldiers had died and honored them several times. China didn’t announce any deaths for eight months, until Feb. 19.
China and India had troops in a standoff for months at multiple locations along the disputed China–India border in the Ladakh region. On Feb. 10, troops from both sides began to disengage.
Conflicting Death Tolls On Feb. 17, Indian General Officer Lt. Gen. YK Joshi told News18 India that at least 45 Chinese soldiers had been killed in the clash and that “China achieved nothing except loss of face.”
In the past eight months, family members revealed that their loved ones were Chinese soldiers at the border who had died in the Galwan Valley clash. The Chinese regime denied the reports, and China’s death toll became a mystery.
On Feb. 10, the state-run Russian TASS news agency reported that 45 Chinese servicemen died in the clash.
Yao Cheng, a former Chinese naval officer, told overseas Chinese-language radio Sound of Hope on Feb. 23 that his China information channels counted the tombs of the dead soldiers and reported to him that more than 40 Chinese soldiers had died in the clash. “Some [of my information channels] told me that the death toll is 42. I think this number is accurate.”
Yao also said that both China and India had pulled back frontline troops from the disputed area. “The current international situation forced both of them to cease fire,” he said.
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China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) claimed that Indian soldiers attacked first, and the New Delhi side said that PLA soldiers ambushed Indian troops on patrol.
PLA Daily reported that regiment commander Qi Fabao was injured and three others were killed during the battle. A fourth death was reportedly caused by a soldier falling into a cold river on the way to the frontline.
However, a video taken on-site that was first released by the Chinese web portal NetEase on Feb. 19, shows that Qi insulted an Indian soldier who came to negotiate.
“If you don’t want to fight, you must get out of here [border area]. Get out!” Qi shouted to the Indian soldier in the video. “I dislike you guys. … I will kill all of you if you don’t get out.”
Chinese netizens commented under the video that they believed Qi’s aggressive attitude angered Indian soldiers and triggered the clash.
“No! No! Those Chinese Soldiers not dead. They just sleeping.....for two weeks.”
Bkmk
At least someone is standing up to CommunistChina aggression; not bending over to PHYSICALLY yield American DIPLOMAT’s rear ends to Xi as DementiaBejingJoe is doing.
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