The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs has told families of those who died at the hands of the Indian Army that they must not follow the traditional burial ceremonies and funeral services but should be conducted remotely.
The reason it has given is the threat of Wuhan virus but it seems like Beijing is deliberately trying to downplay and supress reminders of the violent clash.
According to an intelligence assessment by the United States, the Communist Party of China (CPC) is not willing to recognise its dead soldiers who had died fighting the Indian Army in the Galwan Valley in the Ladakh.
Beijing is putting pressure on the families of fallen soldiers and has told them not to conduct burials and in-person funeral ceremonies.
However, The aggrieved families are not being silent and the Chinese government is struggling to silence social media platforms like Weibo.
On June 15, the Chinese troops ambushed the Indian troops and 20 Indian soldiers died fighting the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA). When the dust settled, China had suffered nearly 100 casualties.
In India, the soldiers were given a military funeral and due recognition and being called martyrs and heroes.
Even the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his monthly radio programme Mann ki Baat on June 28, conveyed condolences to the kin of Indian Army personnel who lost their lives in the Galwan valley clash.
He said the sacrifice of these families is “worth worshipping”.
However, nearly after one month of this clash, China, has not given the official figures.
It is a very high probability, almost all the Chinese soldiers who lost there lives in Galwan Valley were the only child to their parents. To compound to this, greaving families are being mistreated by the Chinese government by denying them to skip traditional funeral rights.
The US News reported that according to the US intelligence assessment, China is into a massive coverup of the showdown because Beijing appears to consider this a blunder.
For China, the clash in the Galwan Valley with the Indian army is hard to digest. By many estimates and according to some experts of China, the PLA underestimated the will and aggressive nature of the Indian army.
So far the Chinese government has acknowledged the deaths of only a few officers but the editor-in-chief of Global Times had tweeted earlier that the Chinese side suffered 43 casualties including the dead and seriously injured.
American intelligence believes that atleast 35 Chinese soldiers were killed in Galwan.