Galwan anniversary makes a lean impact on Chinese social media

In India, #Galwan, #GalwanHeroes occupied the top spots among daily trends while popular Chinese social media platforms like Weibo only witnessed a handful of tweets.

The first anniversary of the Galwan valley clashes between Indian and Chinese armed forces witnessed a contrasting impact on the social media sphere of the two countries. In India, #Galwan and #GalwanHeroes occupied the top spots among daily trends. In comparison, popular Chinese social media platforms like Weibo only witnessed a handful of tweets that failed to make it to the trending topics of the day. Most of the Galwan related posts on the Chinese social media were based on content produced and distributed by the state media. Not true. The Galwan clash isn't even trending on Chinese social media platforms and search engines. https://t.co/kxxwNjU0Fj pic.twitter.com/WITw1lrxRE READ | Indian Army rejects report claiming face-off with Chinese troops in Galwan in May While the number of casualties were high on both sides in the clashes, it was India that maintained the utmost transparency in revealing its losses and honouring the sacrifice of its soldiers. China, on the other hand, failed to acknowledge any losses initially, and then slowly started accepting that there were losses only because of leaks owing to social media posts from relatives of those PLA soldiers who had died during the clashes. As of today, China’s official stand is that four of its soldiers lost their lives.