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Pdewan at 16:11, 5 May 2021

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‎China posthumously awards titles to four soldiers

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‎China posthumously awards titles to four soldiers

Jyoti: /* 2021 */

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Jyoti at 10:20, 6 October 2020

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 A confirmation by China is significant. This is perhaps the first time since the clash with Vietnam in 1979—a military disaster for China—that PLA has suffered battle fatalities. The Chinese foreign ministry has refrained from acknowledging the losses suffered by PLA. Chinese media reports on the first day acknowledged PLA had lost an unspecified number of men.
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 A confirmation by China is significant. This is perhaps the first time since the clash with Vietnam in 1979—a military disaster for China—that PLA has suffered battle fatalities. The Chinese foreign ministry has refrained from acknowledging the losses suffered by PLA. Chinese media reports on the first day acknowledged PLA had lost an unspecified number of men.
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+[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/galwan-clash-china-posthumously-awards-titles-to-four-soldiers/articleshow/81101769.cms  February 19, 2021: ''The Times of India'']
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 [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/china-sent-martial-artists-to-india-border-before-deadly-clash-state-media/articleshow/76670233.cms  June 28, 2020: ''The Times of India'']
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	Private geo-intelligence firm Hawkeye 360 recently reported that satellite imagery from late May showed a buildup on the Chinese side of what appeared to be armed personnel carriers and self-propelled artillery.		Private geo-intelligence firm Hawkeye 360 recently reported that satellite imagery from late May showed a buildup on the Chinese side of what appeared to be armed personnel carriers and self-propelled artillery.
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		+	===Lack of clarity===
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2020%2F06%2F21&entity=Ar00513&sk=072DBEEB&mode=text Rajat Pandit, June 21, 2020: ''The Times of India'']
		+	[[File: The Line of Actual Control at Pangong Tso.jpg\|The Line of Actual Control at Pangong Tso <br/> From: [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2020%2F06%2F21&entity=Ar00513&sk=072DBEEB&mode=text Rajat Pandit, June 21, 2020: ''The Times of India'']\|frame\|500px]]
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		+	There is still lack of clarity about the exact ground situation in the Galwan Valley region of eastern Ladakh. But sources in the Army say Chinese soldiers have built — since early May — dozens of new fortifications and bunkers after physically occupying an almost 8km stretch in what India considers to be its territory along Pangong Tso.
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		+	These sources acknowledge that Chinese troops have also taken control of the heights to dominate the ‘Finger-4 to 8’ (mountainous spurs) area on the north bank of Pangong Tso, adroitly utilising the time when bilateral military talks were underway on troop confrontations at Patrolling Points 14, 15 and 17 in the Galwan Valley and Gogra-Hot Springs areas.
		+	Senior officials on Saturday said the Indian Army is now “holding” the area near Patrolling Point-14 in the Galwan Valley region, which was the location of the bloody clash that left 20 Indian soldiers dead and 76 injured on June 15.
		+	“The two rival armies are more or less on their own sides of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Galwan region. But there is no disengagement, with military buildups on both sides,” said an official source.
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		+	The troop confrontation on the north bank of Pangong Tso, located at an altitude of 13,900 feet across the Changla Pass, is much more serious. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA), after a clash with Indian troops there on May 5-6, has been consistently blocking all Indian patrols going west to east from Finger-4 to 8 area, as TOI has reported since last month.
		+	“All Indian Army maps show the LAC runs north to south at Finger-8. With an ITBP post between Finger-3 and Finger-4, our patrols have been going up to Finger-8 for years. But the PLA has been refusing to discuss its occupation from Finger-4 to 8 since early last month,” said a senior officer.
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		+	In 1999, while India’s attention was diverted during the Kargil conflict with Pakistan, China had surreptitiously built a dirt track reaching up to Finger-4 area from its rear bases to the east at Sirijap-1 and 2. Subsequently, the PLA also black-topped it.
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		+	“PLA troops, often in vehicles from their post at Finger-8 and Sirijap, used to patrol in the area. But they had never physically occupied the area even though they claimed it till Finger-2,” said the officer. “But now, they have built a series of defences from Finger-4 to 8, while also occupying the heights. It will be difficult to dislodge them from there,” he added. India obviously wants a return to status quo ante, with the PLA’s pulling back from the “Finger 4” area and demolishing all its fortifications there, but that might take some doing.
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 Amin said his grandfather was born in 1878 in Leh and worked as a guide for the British in Tibet, the mountains of central Asia — especially the Karakoram Range — when he was barely 12. It was a time when the British were anxious about Russian expansion with an eye on Tibet. Galwan guided troops through the hostile territory and gathered intelligence about Russian plans that could compromise British interests in India. Tahir, another one of his greatgrandsons, said “It’s time that we give a strong push to Indian brands. The Galwan valley will always remain ours.”
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 [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/past-pacts-prevented-pulling-the-trigger/articleshow/76454472.cms  India-China stand-off: Past pacts prevented pulling the trigger, June 19, 2020: ''The Times of India'']
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 Brigadier Sandeep Thapar (retd) said, “If your colonel gets killed in front of you, all rules will be flung out of the window. If the enemy has violated the protocols and carried out offensive action, why should rules of conduct apply?
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 [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/china-sent-martial-artists-to-india-border-before-deadly-clash-state-media/articleshow/76670233.cms  June 28, 2020: ''The Times of India'']
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 [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/china-ordered-attack-on-indian-troops-in-galwan-river-valley-us-intel/articleshow/76528366.cms  China ordered attack on Indian troops in Galwan River Valley: US Intel, June 23, 2020: ''The Times of India'']
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 [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2020%2F06%2F23&entity=Ar00106&sk=EBD092A6&mode=text  China confirms death of 2 officers, including CO, June 23, 2020: ''The Times of India'']
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