Taiwan has repeatedly accused Beijing of encroaching upon the island s air defence identification zone as tensions between the two sides escalated over the past few.
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The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has confirmed for the first time, through a carefully worded article, that it lost at least four lives during the June 15 Galwan Valley clash with Indian soldiers. The clash – which also led to the death of 20 Indian soldiers – was the first time since 1975 that a confrontation between the two forces along the 3,488-kilometers long China-India Line of Actual Control caused fatalities.
In an article published on February 19, state-run news agency Xinhua said that “China’s military authorities have honored two officers and three soldiers, including four who received the awards posthumously, for defending the country’s western border.” Interestingly enough, not naming India, it went on to add: “The People’s Liberation Army Daily on Friday reported that the Central Military Commission issued commendations to the servicemen for their role in bravely fighting back hostilities provoked by foreign forces at the Galwan Valle
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China-India start synchronised disengagement in eastern Ladakh: Chinese Defence Ministry
The militaries of China and India have been engaged in a tense standoff in eastern Ladakh since early May last year.
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BEIJING: The frontline troops of China and India at the south and north banks of the Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh started synchronised and organised disengagement from Wednesday, the Chinese defence ministry announced here.
There was no comment from the Indian side on the statement made by the spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of National Defence, Senior Colonel Wu Qian, and carried by China s official media.