A popular Chinese blogger, detained earlier this year for his comments regarding military casualties in the Galwan valley clash with India, has been sentenced to eight months in prison. On March 1, Qiu had made an open apology for his comments during a broadcast on China's state broadcaster CCTV, reported Global Times. He also suggested that more Chinese soldiers might have been killed in the conflict than those disclosed by the authorities. In February, Russian news agency TASS had claimed that 45 Chinese soldiers were killed in the clashes. The situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) deteriorated in June last year following the Galwan Valley clash in which both Indian and Chinese sides suffered casualties.

Source: dna June 01, 2021 13:07 UTC