China: Internet superstar jailed for mocking troopers killed in Galwan Valley

A social media superstar in China was despatched to eight months in jail for mocking the Chinese troopers who have been killed throughout the Galwan Valley conflict with Indian Army personnel.
“Qiu Ziming, or Labixiaoqiu, an internet celebrity with 2.5 million followers, was sentenced to 8 months in prison for infringing on reputation of heroes and martyrs, and ordered to make a public apology. In Feb, he smeared martyrs killed in Galwan Valley border clash with India,” a tweet posted by Global Times mentioned.
Qiu Ziming, or “Labixiaoqiu,” an web superstar with 2.5 million followers, was sentenced to eight months in jail for infringing on popularity of heroes and martyrs, and ordered to make a public apology. In Feb, he smeared martyrs killed in Galwan Valley border conflict with India pic.twitter.com/WhO7jLEcJQ— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) May 31, 2021
Qui was arrested by the Chinese police earlier in February 2021 for allegedly smearing PLA troopers killed within the Galwan Valley border conflict with India. According to a report revealed in Global Times, Qui was arrested for spreading false info and smearing 4 troopers who died and one who was wounded throughout their skirmishes with the Indian Army on China’s Twitter-like Social media platform Sina Weibo. 
Shortly after his arrest, Qui’s Weibo account, which had greater than 2.5 million followers, was suspended for mocking the Chinese troopers who misplaced their lives throughout their unlawful trespassing of the Indian territory.
Galwan Valley clashes and the way opposition India politicians helped China in spreading misinformation
On the night time of June fifteenth 2020, China had attacked Indian troopers and unilaterally tried to vary the established order in Eastern Ladakh by trying to intrude into Galwan valley. In the violent face-off the place Indian troopers managed to push the PLA troopers again, 20 Indian troopers made the final word sacrifice and reportedly, China had misplaced 43 of their males. After the face-off, China had vociferously denied reviews of casualties on their facet and known as it a misinformation marketing campaign.
Soon after the clashes came about, the Indian opposition politicians fell over themselves to make use of the tragedy of their bid to undermine the Modi authorities. Senior Congress chief and former celebration president Rahul Gandhi raised aspersions by asking why the troopers didn’t carry weapons (ignoring that the treaty signed by India in 1993 and 1996 prevented that), alluding to both incompetence of troopers or the intentions of their superiors.
It was then alleged that Gandhi’s insinuations helped China in spreading misinformation with regard to the Galwan Valley clashes. As such, Gandhi’s mysterious relationship with China had come below highlight a number of instances, most notably throughout the Doklam stand-off when he was caught secretly assembly Chinese officers.
The Gandhi-scion, not as soon as however twice, was caught assembly Chinese officers, elevating suspicion among the many policymakers relating to the intent of his secretive assembly with the Chinese. The first assembly had taken place in 2017, when Rahul Gandhi had a gathering with the Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui, particularly at a time when India and China have been in the course of a stand-off at Doklam. While Congress had denied such conferences and had termed information reviews suggesting that the Gandhi-scion had certainly met Chinese officers as ‘fake news’, the Chinese embassy itself confirmed the identical a lot to Congress’ embarrassment.
Besides, a number of different opposition politicians in India additionally used the Galwan tragedy to assault the Indian authorities, and within the course of casting doubts over the prowess of the Indian Army.
Chinese admit to casualties it suffered throughout the Galwan Valley
However, months after claiming that it suffered no casualties within the Galwan Valley clashes, China in February this yr posthumously awarded honorary titles to 4 of those that had died throughout the tried intrusion into India—a affirmation that China too had suffered casualties within the lethal clashes.