China deployed martial art trainers along Tibet during border tension with India: Reports
No specific reason was given in the state media reports about the new deployment but it was done during the ongoing border tension with India, which began in early May, and escalated into a deadly brawl earlier this month
Editorial Staff
China deployed martial art trainers along Tibet during border tension with India: Reports
China earlier this month had deployed martial art trainers and members of a mountain club in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), which borders India, state media reports said Sunday.
No specific reason was given in the state media reports about the new deployment but it was done during the ongoing border tension with India, which began in early May, and escalated into a deadly brawl earlier this month.
Incidentally, bilateral agreements between India and China prevent the use of guns along the line of actual control (LAC).
On the night of June 15 – the day the new troops presented themselves in Lhasa, the capital of TAR – at least 20 Indian army soldiers were killed in a clash with PLA troops in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan Valley.
China has admitted that PLA suffered casualties but is yet to reveal the numbers.
No guns were used in the clash but soldiers from both sides fought hand-to-hand with rocks, batons and clubs.
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