It appears that China is unwilling to acknowledge the losses suffered during the Galwan Valley shock.
Washington:
China seems unwilling to acknowledge losses during clash in Galwan Valley as government puts pressure on families of killed soldiers not to carry out burials and funeral ceremonies in person, says China an assessment of American intelligence.
The bloody fight between the Chinese and Indian troops took place on June 15, during which the two sides made victims. India, without hesitation, admitted that 20 of its soldiers had been killed in the line of duty. They are hailed as heroes.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his monthly radio broadcast Mann ki Baat on June 28, extended his condolences to the families of the military and said that the sacrifice of these families “deserves to be revered”.
However, even after a month of the incident, China has yet to reveal how many of its soldiers were killed in the incident.
Mourning Chinese families who lost loved ones in shock are being abused by the Chinese government, the report said.
The Chinese government not only refused to accept the victims, but also denied the soldiers’ burial.
According to the assessment of American intelligence, China does not accept that its soldiers were killed in order to cover the episode that Beijing seems to consider as a mistake, US News reported.
The violent confrontation came after China attempted to unilaterally change the status quo during the de-escalation in eastern Ladakh. India said the situation could have been avoided if the top-level agreement had been followed by the Chinese side.
American intelligence services estimate that 35 of the Chinese soldiers were killed during the confrontation.
The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs has told the families of the deceased that they should give up traditional funeral ceremonies and cremate the remains of soldiers and that all funeral services should be done remotely, not in person, told US News source close to the evaluation.
The government has cited the spread of the coronavirus as the reason, however, the assessment concludes that the new rules are part of a deliberate effort by Beijing to undermine public awareness and erase any lasting reminder of the violent confrontation.
The Chinese Communist Party’s decision shocked Chinese families who lost their loved ones in the incident, reported US-based Breitbart News. Breitbart said the Chinese government is struggling to silence the families of soldiers who use Weibo and other platforms to express their anger and frustration.
China fears that the images of the tombstones of its killed soldiers could fuel these feelings if they were published on Chinese or international social networks.
“The reality is that they don’t want to create martyred soldiers,” said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity, to discuss sensitive documents. “They therefore prohibited the functions where friends and families can pay tribute to the dead of the PLA.”
