Pictures of a humiliating thrashing of the Indian Army troops at the handsof the soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have once againtaken the Chinese social media as well as Twitter and Facebook by storm.
Last year, Chinese and Indian armies had come face to face in the disputedregion of Ladakh multiple times. At least 20 Indian soldiers, including acolonel of the Indian Army, were killed in one of the clashes with theChinese troops. More than 80 Indian troops were injured in these clasheswith the Chinese Army.
In addition, Chinese troops had captured at least 100 Indian militarypersonnel, including a lieutenant colonel and two majors. They werereleased later.
In a related development, China has rebutted Indian Army’s claims aboutdetention of Indian soldiers who crossed the borderline.
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In a statement, the Chinese military clarified that its troops werepatrolling the border on September 28 in the Dongzhang area on the Chineseside of the Sino-Indian border when they took countermeasures againstunreasonable obstruction by the Indian military.
The Chinese Foreign Minister spokesman also refuted the Indian claims thatChinese soldiers violated the territorial boundaries, saying that ArunachalPradesh was part of southern Tibet.
