China acknowledges 5 Chinese soldiers were killed in Galwan Valley clash
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officially acknowledged for the first time on Friday that five Chinese military officers and soldiers were killed in the fierce clash with the Indian Army in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh in June last year. Also Read | J&K’s Shopian and Budgam: 3 militants, cop killed in encounter The PLA said, "Five Chinese frontier officers and soldiers stationed in the Karakoram Mountains have been recognized by the Central Military Commission of China (CMC) for their sacrifice in the border confrontation with India, which occurred in the Galwan Valley in June 2020," Those killed included Qi Fabao, the regimental commander from the PLA Xinjiang Military Command.