China blames Indian troops for deadly border clash

China blames Indian troops for deadly border clash
The Indian side would best not make an incorrect judgement of the situation, would best not underestimate China’s strong determination to safety its sovereign territory,” Wang said in a statement issued by the foreign ministry.
He repeated China’s claims that India was solely responsible for the conflict, saying its forces had crossed the Line of Actual Control that divides the thousands of troops from the sides deployed in the area.
The statement said Jaishankar explained India’s position, but gave no details, and said New Delhi was committed to talks on reducing tensions.
Colonel killed
According to the Indian government sources, the fighting on Monday night broke out during a meeting to discuss ways to de-escalate tensions, and the colonel commanding the Indian side was one of the first to be struck and killed.
Many of the other Indian soldiers who died had succumbed to their wounds, having been unable to survive the night in freezing temperatures.
Unlike in India, the incident did not receive wall-to-wall coverage in China, where official media reported a statement on the incident from the spokesperson for the Chinese army’s Western Command.
On social media, bloggers and media aggregating platforms shared Indian media reports, such as the Indian army’s announcement acknowledging that the death toll had risen to 20.
Most vocal was the Global Times, a paper published by the official paper of the country’s ruling Communist Party.
Its editor-in-chief, Hu Xijin, took to domestic and global social media platforms to scold India, saying “Indian public opinion needs to stay sober” and to warn that China did not fear a clash.firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor firstnewseditor<

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Legendary PAF fighter pilot Group Captain (r) Saiful Azam passes away in Bangladesh

Legendary PAF fighter pilot Group Captain (r) Saiful Azam passes away in Bangladesh Bangladeshi army’s mouthpiece Inter Service Public Relation Directorate also confirmed the death to  Anadolu Agency  over the phone. “We came to know about his death but we have not published it on our official web page as he is a retired official,” ISPR Director Lt. Col. Abdullah Ibn Zaid said. Pakistan Air Force Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan expressed heartfelt grief on the demise of the great war veteran, according to a press release by PAF's media wing. PAF chief paid rich tribute to Azam, saying that the former fighter pilot will always be remembered for his professionalism and his part in the 1965 Indo-Pak and 1967 Arab-Israel wars. According to  APP , Azam was born in then East Bengal's Pabna District in 1941. He left home at 18 to enlist in PAF and was commissioned as a Pakistani fighter pilot in 1960. During the 1965 war, he served in No. 17 S...
Read more

India wants peace but will give befitting response if provoked

India wants peace but will give befitting response if provoked “We never provoke anyone,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on national television, referring to Monday’s hand-to-hand fighting. “There should be no doubt that India wants peace, but if provoked, India will provide an appropriate response.” In Beijing, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the clash erupted after Indian soldiers “crossed the line, acted illegally, provoked and attacked the Chinese, resulting in both sides engaging in serious physical conflict and injury and death”. He said he did not know of any Chinese casualties, although Indian media quoted officials as saying at least 45 people were dead or injured on the Chinese side. Zhao said the overall situation at the border was stable and controllable. Under an old agreement between the two nuclear-armed Asian giants, no shots are fired at the border, but there have been fisticuffs in recent years between border patrols. According to In...
Read more

Senators inquire into customised benefits for two companies in Finance Bill

Senators inquire into customised benefits for two companies in Finance Bill “Who are the people behind these companies” they repeatedly asked. “How can a company’s name be included in the law?” The Senate Standing Committee on Finance & Revenue led by Senator Farooq Hamid Naek also set the principle under Article 73 of the Constitution that it would not approve any clause to be included in the Finance Bill if it did not pertain to imposition, abolition, remission, alteration of regulation of any tax. Senator Naek advised the members that the committee should also not allow something to be included in the money bill if it provided for the imposition or alteration of any fine or other pecuniary penalty, or for the demand or payment of a licence fee or a fee or charge for any service rendered or those taxes that fall under the domain of any local government. The committee members took strong exception to a proposed amendment in the Customs Law (Clause 3-19/i-a) for exemption...
Read more