“Names of 56 Chinese soldiers who died in the face-off with the Indian army at Galwan valley (Ladakh)”
Social media posts
Claim dated 18 Jun 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The names listed in the post are the names of Retired Army Generals of People’s Liberation Army (PLA). These names were taken from Wikipedia and shared falsely as the soldiers who died in the face-off with India. Chinese Government has not announced the names of casualties from their side as of now.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 18 June 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 23 June 2020, 5 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=658904848301443&set=a.222441805281085&type=3&thea…
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