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China on Friday said it had named 11 bridges along its key Tibet-Xinjiang highway, parts of which run through Aksai Chin, after four Chinese soldiers who were killed in the June 2020 Galwan Valley clash, state-run The Global Times reported. Aksai Chin is a disputed territory controlled by China, which India says is part of Ladakh. The routes were named to commemorate the soldiers, who have “become the epitome of Chinese people’s ever-growing patriotic sentiment”, the newspaper added. The bridges are named after the four soldiers, Chen Xiangrong, Xiao Siyuan, Wang Zhuoran and Chen Hongjun, The Hindu reported. India and...
