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Eastern Ladakh and India’s Loss of Face
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20 Indian soldiers killed in clash with Chinese troops in border area, Army says
At least 20 Indian Army soldiers
have died in clashes with the
Chinese forces over Galwan Valley, a
disputed region north of Kashmir
claimed by both Beijing and New
Delhi. Beijing has not confirmed any
reports of its casualties.
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Indian media have reported claims that as many as 43 members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have been killed or injured in the clashes, which took place on Monday and Tuesday. Beijing has not released any official figures yet, however. |
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“This is goodwill from Beijing,”tweeted Hu Xijin, editor in chief of the Chinese newspaper Global Times, adding that “the Chinese side doesn’t want people of the two countries to compare the casualties number so to avoid stoking public mood.” |
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“I want to tell the Indian side, don’t be arrogant and misread China’s restraint as being weak. China doesn’t want to have a clash with India, but we don’t fear it,” Hu added. “Both sides suffered casualties that could have been avoided had agreement at higher level been scrupulously followed by Chinese side,” the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said, blaming the clashes on the “attempt by Chinese side to unilaterally change status quo there.” India refers to the disputed region as Eastern Ladakh, while China calls it Aksai Chin. The area was once claimed by the princely state of Kashmir, annexed by India after its independence in 1947 – and source of an ongoing dispute with the neighboring Pakistan as well. The region contains several strategic mountain passes, and a highway connecting Xinjiang and Tibet runs through one of them. India attempted to challenge China’s de-facto control of the area in 1962, but the month-long war ended in a decisive Chinese victory
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