#100Chinese and #GalwanValley were trending on Twitter on July 6 in India in relation to an article that went viral on the micro-blogging website which stated that 100 Chinese soldiers were killed in the Galwan Valley clash. The same information has been circulating on other social networking sites and WhatsApp.
BJP leader Kapil Mishra tweeted a report by a website called kreately.in which said that a former Chinese military official, Jianli Yang, has stated that ‘More than 100 Chinese soldiers were killed in the dreadful conflict between Indian and Chinese soldiers, in the night of 15th June.’
Republic TV also published a report with the same claim on July 7.
The report carried a tweet by an account @tsaiing_wen.
Other portals which propagated this piece of information:
Yang Jianli former PLA officer claims 100 Chinese soldiers were killed on 15-16 June night. its a crime to Bury the sacrifice of your soldiers and deny them even a miltary funeral and state honours. 57 million PLA veterans are enraged with chinese govt pic.twitter.com/uv92mALoYo
— Maj Gen (Dr)GD Bakshi SM,VSM(retd) (@GeneralBakshi) July 6, 2020
‘The day Communist govt of China will tell the exact no.of Chinese soldiers killed in the clash with the Indian soldiers in #GalwanValley,The whole country will revolt against Xi Jinping.This number is more than hundred.’- Yang Jinali( Communist Party of #China) @drapr007 pic.twitter.com/U5AXDhYTiz
— News Line IFE Live (@NewsLineIFE) July 1, 2020
‘India has slain more than 100 Chinese soldiers in Galwan Valley’Aisa mai nahi , China wale Bol rahe hai https://t.co/bJPDHF0v5j
— Rishi Bagree (@rishibagree) July 6, 2020
Breaking News:- Jianli Yang, a former Chinese military official has revealed: ‘More than 100 Chinese soldiers lost their lives in the Galwan Clashes’
— Arnaw Goswami (@TheArnaw) July 6, 2020
More than 100 Chinese Soldiers Killed in Galwan: Chinese Military Official Accepted https://t.co/qX0gNo1IYQ https://t.co/qX0gNo1IYQ
— Friends of RSS (@friendsofrss) July 6, 2020
Jianli Yang, a former Chinese military official has revealed: ‘More than 100 Chinese soldiers lost their lives in the Galwan Clashes’ pic.twitter.com/TFRImyK5rf
— FrontalAssault (@FrontalAssault1) July 6, 2020
Hear from the Chinese mouth!Bhagwan ke liye ab toh hamare bhadur @adgpi aur @crpfindia ke jawano pe shaq karna band karo @RahulGandhi & Co India has slain more than 100 Chinese soldiers in Galwan Valley, claims former Chinese soldier https://t.co/pEBrM1hLIv
— Ramesh Solanki (@Rajput_Ramesh) July 6, 2020
Hear from the Chinese mouth!Bhagwan ke liye ab toh hamare bhadur @adgpi aur @crpfindia ke jawano pe shaq karna band karo @RahulGandhi & Co India has slain more than 100 Chinese soldiers in Galwan Valley, claims former Chinese soldier https://t.co/pEBrM1hLIv
— Ramesh Solanki (@Rajput_Ramesh) July 6, 2020
#India has killed more than 100 #PLA soldiers in #GalwanValley, claims Jianli Yang, a a former Chinese military official and son of a leader in the Chinese communist party #XiJinping worried if the news comes out former soldiers may revolthttps://t.co/fJEg5BmU5F
— Chayan Chatterjee (@Satyanewshi) July 6, 2020
Claim:
Former Chinese military official, Jianli Yang said that 100 Chinese soldiers died in the Galwan Valley clash.
Fact Check:
The claim is false.
The piece of information can be refuted by looking into the various sources cited by the perpetrators of misinformation.
Dubious Website: Kreately
The website which was cited by Kapil Mishra is not a news portal rather it publishes user-generated content.
The Twitter bio of the website clearly states, ‘Publish Yourself. Sign up and be a writer, it’s that easy.’
‘The son of a former leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Yang Jinali, has claimed that more than 100 Chinese soldiers have been killed at the hands of the Indian Army in the Galwan Valley, but the Chinese government is not deliberately releasing the figures. Yang said that if told about the soldiers, it would be difficult for Chinese President Jinping and there would be a revolt in the party,’ the report by the Kreately.inreads.
Some posts had cited a website called newscast-pratyaksha.com which had published a report on July 3 stating that that 100 Chinese soldiers were killed by the Indian army.
It had mentioned an opinion piece by Jianli Yang on The Washington Times as source of its claim.
Nowhere in this article, published on June 29 on The Washington Times, did Yang say that 100 Chinese soldiers died during the Galwan clash.
However, Yang mention the Chinese soldiers and the Galwan Valley clash to say that Indian media reports which had stated 40 Chinese soldiers had died in the clashes as, ‘false information.
‘Mr. Zhao avoided giving any details from the Chinese side, but was quick to retort that Indian media reports claiming that at least 40 Chinese soldiers were killed was ‘false information,’ he wrote.
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