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New Delhi: The Chinese government planned the Galwan Valley clash with ‘fatalities’ on the Indian side in mind, according to a report by a top United States security committee. The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) told the US Congress in its annual report that just weeks before the June 15 faceoff, China had signalled its intent to escalate tensions with India along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The report noted that “if China’s goal was ‘to acquire territory... [the Chinese government] might deem the moves a success’. If Beijing intended to dissuade India from building infrastructure on...
