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19 Feb, 10 tweets, 3 min read
China finally released footage frm border clash w India in Galwan Valley on 15 Jun 2020 last yr.

PLA officially stated 3 casualties frm fighting 1 frm drowning. Interestingly Chinese domestic media don’t name India just “foreign troops”
PLA regimental commander 祁发宝 Qi Fa Bao who went to negotiate with Indian side was seriously injured in the ensuing fighting. The above footage highlighted position of Qi Fa Bao as he was surrounded by Indian troops
PLA casualty: Battalion commander 陈红军 Chen Hongjun KIA
PLA casualty: solder Chen Xiangrong 陈祥榕
PLA casualty: soldier 肖思远 Xiao Si Yuan KIA
PLA casualty: 王焯冉 Wang Zhuo Ran. Drowned while trying to save fellow soldier in the Galwan River
Much cited figure in Indian media frm Russian Foreign Ministry official on Chinese casualty figure apparently was based on “unverified Indian sources”👇🏼
The official Chinese release of last yr’s Galwan River clash and casualty figure is apparently timed w recent agreement w India to pull back from latest clash site along the border👇🏼
Indian Army has disclosed that the Indian soldier shown confronting PLA soldier in Chinese released Galwan clash video is frm Manipur in present-day NE India.

China used to support Maoist People’s Liberation Army of Manipur until Deng came to power and cut off funding in 1980s
2nd half of PLA released footage showing the ceremony for fallen soldiers in Galwan River clash and recent deployment of tanks to the China-India border

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True even for Mandarin dialects. Mandarin 官话 is a whole language family. What people usually refers to Mandarin in English is actually Standard Mandarin Putonghua 普通话

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