Article 5EHAT China arrests six for 'causing negative social impact' online over India border clashes

China arrests six for 'causing negative social impact' online over India border clashes

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Helen Davidson in Taipei
from World news | The Guardian on (#5EHAT)

The men - plus one teenager living overseas - were targeted for allegedly posting defamatory' material about soldiers who died in clashes last year

Chinese authorities have arrested at least six people, and is targeting a teenager living overseas, for posting online about Chinese soldiers killed in a border clash last year.

Last week the Chinese government bestowed posthumous honours on four soldiers who died after the Galwan valley clash with Indian forces, in the disputed Himalayan border regions.

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