PLA troops eat mooncakes and tell Chinese not to worry in message from Indian border

Name: Propaganda video shows Chinese soldiers celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival on Indian border
Uploaded: 2020-10-05T12:21:26.000Z
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Description: Propaganda video shows Chinese soldiers celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival on Indian border

Soldiers seen with flag on mountainside shouting ‘I am here to protect the border’ in latest military propaganda video

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has meanwhile praised the country’s push to build roads, tunnels and bridges near the frontier

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Troops are seen sharing mooncakes after a border patrol in the latest PLA video. Photo: Weibo

Keegan Elmer

Published: 8:21pm, 5 Oct 2020Updated: 3:09pm, 6 Oct 2020

Chinese border patrol troops shared mooncakes near the disputed border with India and told citizens not to worry in a military propaganda video released on Thursday, as a months-long stand-off in the Himalayas continues.

Both India and China have stepped up their sabre-rattling, even as de-escalation talks between the two sides are scheduled to continue, and as the harsh winter sets in.

Holding a Chinese flag on a mountainside, troops shout, “I am here to protect the border! To the country, and to the people, please do not worry!” in the video posted on the People’s Liberation Army’s official Weibo account on Thursday.

The troops in the footage are in Ngari prefecture, in the westernmost part of China’s Tibet autonomous region, where violent clashes have erupted with neighbour India in several disputed border zones since May.

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Propaganda video shows Chinese soldiers celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival on Indian border

According to the video, the small team had completed a patrol of more than 100km (62 miles) at an elevation of over 5.4km (17,700ft) above sea level.

Sarang, where the troops are stationed, lies on the border with India, and along one of several pockets of disputed territory between the two countries.