SunstarTV Bureau: A big breaking coming in the Friday morning that China for the first time admitted to casualties during Galwan clash with Indian troops last year in June, Beijing’s mouthpiece, and informed sources.
After nine months, China has unveiled the names and also detailed stories of four soldiers who lost their lives during the deadly brawl with India.
The deceased soldiers were identified as Chen Hongjun, Chen Xiangrong, Xiao Siyuan and Wang Zhuoran. However, as per some reporters claim, the fifth causality of a soldier named Qi Fabao, was also identified. But it is yet to be clear.
The Chinese media used the phrase “foreign troops” to describe the Indian military, which it said violated an agreement and crossed into the Chinese side. The Global Times claimed that this move exemplified “China’s restraint of not inciting sentiments of the public” against the background of the current disengagement of troops of China and India along the border areas.
Both India and China blame each other for the confrontation in eastern Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), which was the deadliest in 45 years. Twenty Indian soldiers were killed in the hand-to-hand combat with clubs, stones and fists. While Beijing had acknowledged casualties, it had not disclosed details up till Friday.
