On May 31, a Chinese soldier posted on the social network WeChat a photo of Chinese soldiers holding sticks standing near many Indian soldiers whose hands and feet were tied tightly lying on the ground after a scuffle near Pangong Tso Lake.
Many Chinese military sites later reposted images of `Chinese soldiers knocking out Indian soldiers` after last month’s brawl between the two sides at the disputed area of Pangong Tso Lake.
Chinese soldiers stand next to a group of Indian soldiers lying on the ground after a scuffle near Pangong Tso lake.
A day earlier, the Indian side also posted on YouTube a video of its soldiers arresting a Chinese soldier, who appeared to be severely beaten, after a fight at Pangong Tso Lake, located at an altitude of 4,350 m in the Himalayas.
Two sources close to the Chinese military said the soldier injured in the attack was an interpreter who was captured by India but later released with minor injuries after China called in reinforcements.
Sources say Indian and Chinese soldiers have turned to `fighting` on social media to show off `brave actions` as senior leaders want to find ways to cool down the situation in the disputed area.
A source said that the photo of a group of injured Indian soldiers was posted by a Chinese soldier on a personal social network account, not by the Chinese army.
Military expert Zhou Chenming said Chinese soldiers at the border had been ordered to restrain themselves.
Chinese and Indian soldiers continued to fight
Indian soldiers captured a Chinese army interpreter and destroyed an armored vehicle.
Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy, an Indian international relations expert, agreed with Zhou’s views and said that both countries understand the severity and sensitivity of the border dispute.
`Civilian and military officials of both countries discussed according to existing mechanisms. I think both India and China clearly understand the risk, so the probability of war breaking out between the two countries is low
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on May 27 did not deny information that the country had mobilized troops near the disputed area, but said the general situation in the China-India border area `remains stable.`
The border conflict between China and India has escalated since 2017, when soldiers from the two countries engaged in the most serious confrontation in the Doklam area, where China and Bhutan, an ally of India, jointly declared
Disputed border area between China and India.