Mountain skirmish: Indian and Chinese troops facing off in the Galwan Valley on June 15 last year. Beijing conceded that it suffered four casualties in the deadliest incident between both Asian giants in nearly 45 years. (Image taken from video footage by China’s CCTV) — AP
Beijing: China’s top military authority has conferred posthumous citations to four members of the People’s Liberation Army Ground Force who died during a border clash with Indian troops in June last year in the Galwan Valley, the military’s flagship newspaper reported.
This is the first time the Chinese military has published the number of casualties, the names of the fallen soldiers and details about the border clash with India.
