Beijing: February 19, 2021 Eight months after a fierce border clash at Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh, China has officially acknowledged casualties and named five officers and soldiers that it said were killed. The five soldiers were honoured by the Chinese leadership, reported the PLA Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese military, on Friday. So far, Beijing had never acknowledged Chinese casualties. The admission from China comes days after India’s Northern Army Commander referred to the figure of 45 Chinese casualties reported by Russian news agency TASS on February 10.
