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PLA Soldier Recalls LAC Standoff | China Issues Warning Over U.S. Chips | U.S. House Bans Maps Linking Taiwan to China | India Builds DBO Road, China Signals Talks

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Evening Edition of Asia Communique

Midnight on the Glacier: A PLA Soldier’s Firsthand Account of the LAC Standoff

A rare and intensely personal memoir by a retired PLA reconnaissance soldier has surfaced online, offering a window into one of the most tense chapters in recent China-India relations: the 2020–2021 border standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Translated from Mandarin and shared on X, the thread documents the harrowing conditions, tactical mindset, and emotional toll faced by Chinese troops deployed to the Himalayas.

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