As India and China are in the midst of a drawdown in Ladakh , I summarize key information gleaned from a Chinese website

The PLA is digging in for winter and the current withdrawals are only "return to nodes" from where they can redeploy at a short notice
#LAC
The conditions for the PLA soldiers on the ground have been anything but easy.

Death and injuries due to exposure ,

HAPE (High Altitude Pulmonary Edema )

and

HACE (High Altitude Cerebral Edema)

My theory is that this is exacerbated due to smoking addiction in the PLA.
The PLA winter stocking is an ongoing process due to better road and rail infra.

However soldiers seem to have received specialised winter equipment recently.

They have stocked special meals for the Chinese New Year which indicates a long term deployment.
Chinese MRE (Meals Ready to Eat) has a lot of variety including something called the Sichuan Cuisine ( Regional variations in play)
Some pictures of Chinese MRE supplied to the PLA in Tibet
MRE has to be heated in boiling water which takes more time at higher altitudes
Galwan led to confirmed PLA casualties and the acceptance is now more pronounced in Chinese publications.Kangsiwa Martyrs Cemetery has seen new arrivals
The current withdrawals could be a smokescreen for something planned later.We need to be very watchful across the LAC.April-June 2021 will be crucial

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