Five Lies by China Over Border Dispute with India Busted and Countered

The Indian army says at least 20 of its soldiers were killed after hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese troops at a disputed border site on Monday night, the deadliest clash in decades.

China has not given any details of its 53 or more casualties.

But it has excelled in lying.

For six weeks, it lied about de-escalating at the Ladakh border. It lied about not wanting a confrontation.

It lied about respecting the consensus reached during talks.

And now, it is twisting the facts about what transpired at the Galwan Valley.

Here’s a list of five lies told by China — and fully countered by WION.

1) India crossed the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

FACT: There were military level talks on June 6. Both sides reached a consensus.

The PLA violated it.

China built a temporary structure on the Indian side of the border — somewhere along patrolling point no. 14.

Reports indicate this structure was a tent. And Indian troops destroyed it.

They did not cross the LAC. And they did not violate what was agreed upon.

2) India was provocative. India purposely launched provocative attacks against Chinese personnel and PLA troops only resorted to ‘physical self defence measures’.

FACT: China said that after the Indian side destroyed the illegal chinese structure, PLA troops returned in big numbers. They were prepared for a face-off. They crossed the Galwan river into the Indian side of the border. This incursion was followed by a physical skirmish… But so much for self-defence measures?

This cannot be possible.

3) India is actively seeking a face-off, and is building infrastructure to escalate tensions. India’s actions violate China’s territorial integrity.

FACT: China’s reaction shows its nervousness. It has built roads for decades.

Now India is building infrastructure on its side of the border. And China can’t take it.

It has been objecting to the construction of roads in the Galwan Valley. It is suspicious that India is making attempts to recapture the Aksai Chin region.

But India is a sovereign country. It can build whatever it wants on its land. And it owes no explanation to China.

4) India violated the June 6 consensus.

China is saying that India ‘seriously infringed’ upon the consensus made in the military level talks on June 6.

FACT: It was China that never respected this consensus. It did not de-escalate — it still hasn’t.

For weeks, the Chinese state media has been releasing videos that show how Beijing is reinforcing its defences — videos that look like they are straight out of a war film….

Thousands of troops were ‘swiftly relocated’ from the Hubei province to the LAC earlier this month.

The PLA even received China’s most powerful Howitzers on June 11.

5) China says India is no longer satisfied with mere stand-offs, that India’s actions are aimed at capturing Chinese territory, and that India wants to divert domestic pressure due to the rising cases of the coronavirus.

China is also suggesting that India wants to please the United States.

FACT: From the South China Sea to the Ladakh border to the Indian Ocean, it is China that wants to capture territories it doesn’t control.

It is China that is not satisfied with its aggressive expansionism.

It is China that wants to divert domestic pressure in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

It is China that wants to divert attention from how it faciliated this pandemic.

It is China that is a subject of global outrage.

And the US wants China investigated over the novel coronavirus aka the Wuhan virus. If any party needs to please anyone right now, it is the Chinese.

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Source: WION

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