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https://www.scmp.com/news/china/mil...-light-casualties-china-india-border-skirmish
Chinese soldiers received only “light injuries” during the skirmish with Indian soldiers along the contested border in the western Himalayas last week, sources said.
The incident on June 15 in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed and at least 76 injured in the Galwan Valley was “entirely the responsibility of India”, a spokesman for China’s defence ministry said during a press conference on Wednesday.
Beijing has been reluctant to comment publicly on any casualties from the incident. On Tuesday, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian dismissed as “fake news” Indian media reports which claimed 40 Chinese soldiers had been killed.
Three separate sources told the South China Morning Post that only a small number of PLA officers were injured during the brawl.
They did not give a definite number, but said China’s casualty count was much lower than India’s and Beijing had remained silent to avoid provoking New Delhi and escalating tensions.
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India demanded China pull out of Pangong Tso, another flashpoint where the PLA has been accused of encroaching over the border, and return to the positions it held before tensions escalated, the reports said.