A Chinese blogger with millions of social media followers has been charged with diminishing the reputation of “heroes”, after doubting the number of casualties China said it suffered in a border clash with India last June. The 38-year-old man, surnamed Qiu, had been arrested nine days earlier.
Now that the rescue team have all died, it’s clear evidence that the rescue effort failed, and there must be more people dead. “This is why India dares to publicise the number and names of its casualties, because from India’s point of view, they won with a smaller cost.” China-India border dispute: its origins and impact India said last June that 20 of its troops had died in the incident at the disputed border in the Galwan Valley.