Medal To PLA Soldier Who Died In Galwan Valley To Mark Communist Party’s 100th birthday
Over 45 Soldiers of the Chinese Communist Party ‘ PLA had died in their attempt to attack the Indian Army across the LAC at Galwan Valley in Ladakh. After fircubly occupying Tibet by 1959, the Chinese first consolidated their occupation and then attacjed India in 1962 to capture parts of Ladakh. Ever since the LAC is in existance.
In 2020, the PLA once again tried to inch forward and carried out confrontation with a battalion of BIHAR Regiment of the Indian Army at Galwan Valley. The Indian Army was surprised initially and suffered casualties but they inflicted over 45 killed and around another 45 wounded on the Communists.
The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the PLA HQ initially denied any such cadualties. Thus those who had atleast for the Party, if not for the Country, were denied even a token of rememberances. However it is difficult to hide such casualties and slowly it started coming out from various sources. Finally the PLA had to acknowledge but still they said that just a handful or precisely four casualties had occurred.
Now for the first time the Communist Party of China will be recognizing those killed in Galwan by awarding On July 1, Medals as Party member of the PLA, along with others who have made outstanding contributions and created valuable spiritual wealth. This will take place as the CPC marks its 100th founding anniversary this year.
A total of 29 candidates for the award have been nominated including Chen Hongjun, a border defense personnel who held his post on the Chinese Occupied Tibetan Plateau and later on LAC in Chinese Occupied Ladakh for 10 years and died safeguarding Chinese Communist Parties ambitions during PLA ‘s Misadventure in the Galwan Valley in June 2020.
So it is quite clear that Chinese troops on the LAC in Ladakh are not raw troops but well seasoned.However the other 44killed and 45 injured have been just ignored.
The medal list also covers candidates from several other fields, like scientists, community workers, artists, diplomats, pioneers in national unity, educators and police.
It includes Ma Maojie, a heroine in the Yangtze River Crossing campaign in the War of Liberation (1946-49) who crossed the river six times under a hail of bullets and successfully sent three People’s Liberation Army units through despite being shot in her arm, when she was only 14.
Wang Shumao, a guardian of the South China Sea, is nominated for his participation in the construction of the Nansha Islands, developing civilian forces to safeguard legitimate rights in the South China Sea and leading the way in resolutely safeguarding China’s territorial integrity and maritime rights without fear of death.
Another war veteran, Wang Zhanshan, is listed for his brave participation in many battles including the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53). He led his comrades and fought off 38 rounds of attacks in the Battle of Kumsong, holding their positions for four days and nights and eliminating more than 400 enemies.
Lu Yuanjiu is expected to receive the medal since he is a major contributor to China’s “Two Bombs and One Satellite” project. He first studied abroad but decided to return to the motherland despite difficulties.
Maimaitijiang Wumaier, another candidate, is a leading model against religious extremist forces in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region who fearlessly faced death threats.
Liu Guijin, a former diplomat who worked in Africa for nearly 40 years, is also nominated for his outstanding contribution to promoting China-Africa relations, friendship and cooperation.
The list also includes some of the figures who have passed away.So the left out Galwan deceased may get recognition on some next such celebrations of the Chinese Communist Party.
