Om Shanthi to our brave warriors!
China will acknowledging deaths on her side will not name her fallen. Very sad!
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian insisted again on Wednesday that it was Indian troops who illegally crossed the border and attacked the Chinese side.
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This led to "
a serious physical confrontation between both sides that caused deaths and injuries", Zhao said at a regular briefing, without providing more details about the casualties.
He said China urges India to "strictly restrain frontline troops, do not illegally cross the border, do not make provocative gestures, do not take any unilateral actions that will complicate the border situation".
But he added that the two sides "will continue to resolve this issue through dialogue and negotiations".
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We of course don't wish to see more clashes," Zhao said.
https://www.chinanews.net/news/265484822/china-says-we-dont-wish-to-see-more-clashes-on-india-border
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Some Chinese seek answers
Online comments on Chinese social media platform Weibo called on Beijing to come clean about the number of Chinese casualties, but generally supported their government's view of the incident.
https://www.beijingnews.net/news/26...r-clash-unlikely-to-escalate-further-analysts
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“China can control nationalism quite well,” said Christopher Colley, a fellow at the Wilson Center who specializes in the China-India security relationship.
“It’s a strategic decision by China to not disclose casualties and fatalities and a deliberate attempt to de-escalate what could be a very, very dicey situation if you let nationalism become involved.”
China probably has “little interest in further escalation,” said M. Taylor Fravel, an expert on the People’s Liberation Army who heads the Security Studies Program at MIT.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...e6c3c6-b009-11ea-98b5-279a6479a1e4_story.html
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"My understanding is the
Chinese side doesn't want people of the two countries to compare the casualties number so to avoid stoking public mood," s
aid Hu, who has strong ties to the Chinese leadership and military.
H
is conciliatory tone is a striking contrast to the jingoistic chest-thumping of his newspaper in recent weeks, which has published article after article on Chinese troop maneuvers, armaments and military might in the region.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/17/asia/china-india-himalayas-conflict-intl-hnk/index.html