China admits it lost four soldiers in 2020 India border clash

Beijing publicly concedes its side suffered casualties in deadly brawl that also killed at least 20 Indian soldiers.

China’s military said on Friday that four of its soldiers were killed during a bloody Himalayan border clash with Indian forces last June, the first time Beijing has publicly conceded its side suffered casualties in the deadliest incident between the Asian rivals in nearly 45 years. India at the time announced it had lost 20 of its soldiers in the June 2020 fighting in Galwan Valley in the Ladakh region just opposite Tibet. Soldiers used their fists, clubs, stones and other improvised weapons to avoid an out-and-out firefight. Beijing at the time acknowledged that the clash had resulted in casualties but did not confirm if any Chinese soldiers had died.