CHINA-INDIA: CHINA SHOWS CLIPS OF CLASH IN GALWAN VALLEY TO DELEGATES AT OPENING OF CHINA'S 20TH PARTY CONGRESS
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On the opening day of China's 20th Party Congress in Beijing on October 16, movie clips of
the clash that occurred between Chinese and Indian troops in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh in
June 2020 were shown to all the 2,340 Delegates and 83 veteran cadres invited to the 20th
Party Congress on the big screens in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The decision to
show the clip will have been taken at the highest echelon of the CCP. It signals that relations
between China and India will be strained for a long time.
(Comment: Screening the clip is clearly intended to portray India as an "aggressor" nation and
shows that Beijing is prepared for bilateral relations to be strained for a long time. Also, that it
expects to be able to normalise bilateral relations without restoring the status quo on the border.
It sets the stage for further military actions by China along the 4,057kms LAC. A similar clip
was telecast on May 4th.)
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