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China Jails Blogger for ‘Smearing’ Soldiers Killed in Clash with India at Galwan
NEW DELHI China has jailed a popular blogger for “smearing martyrs” killed in last year’s bloody clash with Indian soldiers in Galwan.
Qiu Ziming, 38, an internet celebrity with 2.5 million followers on the Chinese social media platform Weibo was sentenced to eight months in jail under China’s freshly amended criminal law that crackdowns on the “online humiliation or insults against” martyrs, reported Global Times, the Chinese state-run media.
A court in Nanjing, in eastern China’s Jiangsu Province, also ordered Ziming, known by the internet name of “Labixiaoqiu” to publicly apologize through national media to eliminate what the Global Times called “negative impact.”
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By Global Times Published: Apr 27, 2021 05:30 PM
A health worker takes swab samples from a woman for COVID-19 test on the roadside, in Bangalore, India on Oct. 9, 2020. Photo: Xinhua`1
An old Chinese saying, A close neighbor is better than a distant relative, was recently echoed by many Chinese and Indian netizens after China and other neighboring countries expressed willingness to help India fight its COVID-19 surge. China has already been sending much-needed anti-epidemic materials and commodities to India.
There have appeared some voices among Indian netizens calling for their country to quit the US-led Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), as the US had clearly not made efforts to help India, which faces a desperate shortage of medical resources amid the alarming crisis.
China unveils details of 4 PLA martyrs at Galwan Valley border clash for first time, reaffirming responsibility falls on India
Zhang Hui Published: Feb 19, 2021 07:59 AM
Five Chinese frontier officers and soldiers stationed in the Karakoram Mountains have been recognized by the Central Military Commission of China for defending national sovereignty and territorial integrity in the border confrontation with India, which occurred in the Galwan Valley in June 2020, the PLA Daily reported on Friday.
The Central Military Commission awarded Qi Fabao, the regimental commander from the PLA Xinjiang Military Command, the title of Hero regimental commander for defending the border, Chen Hongjun with Hero to defend the border, and awarded first-class merit to Chen Xiangrong, Xiao Siyuan and Wang Zhuoran.