China has named and shared details of four People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers who died during the border clash with Indian soldiers in eastern Ladakh.

Meanwhile, China’s mouth piece, Global Times stated that the Central Military Commission awarded Qi Fabao, the regimental commander from the PLA Xinjiang Military Command, the title of “Heroic 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.

It is to be mentioned that this is the first time China has unveiled casualties and details of these officers and soldiers, four of whom died when dealing with the Indian military’s illegal trespassing of the Galwan Valley Line of Actual Control (LAC).