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group of social media users also in the early stages of the June 15-16 appears to strongly support the zone, violating the mutual agreement
shows extreme lengths Beijing has battle. claims. “According to a Weibo user and had been trying to expand its pa-
gone to in order to silence discussion The Klaxon also obtained foot- alias name Qiang who claims to have trolling limits within the buffer zone
about the battle, especially discussion age of the battle, released by Chi- served in the area, the PLA was cre- since April 2020,” the researchers
about the true number of Chinese nese media in August last year, that ating infrastructure in this buffer state.
casualties, according to The Klaxon.
The report titled “Galwan De-
coded” prepared by a group of so-
cial media researchers has shed
significant light on the saga. It cites
a year-long investigation involving
discussions with mainland Chinese
bloggers, information obtained from
mainland-based Chinese citizens and
media reports that have since been
deleted by Chinese authorities.
“A lot of facts about what really
happened, what led to the skirmish,
have been hidden by Beijing. What
was told by (China) to the world were
mostly fabricated stories. Many blogs
and pages have been culled by (Chi-
nese authorities) but digital archives
of mainland China reveal a different
story,” the report states, according to
the newspaper.
At the heart of the disclosure
is that many Chinese soldiers were
killed while attempting to cross back Indian Army soldiers unfurl the Tricolour in Galwan Valley on New Year (ANI Photo)
over the fast-flowing Galwan River

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