PLA Soldiers 'Crying' As They Travel To LAC? Here Is What Chinese & Taiwanese Media Are Saying

A video showing People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers crying over alleged deployment at Ladakh border has triggered a war of words between the Chinese & Taiwanese media. The latter, through articles published in the liberal Taiwan News & Liberty Times, mocked the People's Liberation Army by suggesting that they are afraid of a possible clash with their Indian counterparts. As per Taiwan News, the soldiers who appeared sobbing in the video are college pass-outs who volunteered to serve in Tibet, which borders Ladakh where tensions have escalated between India & China. The clip was shot at the Fuyang Railway Station as they prepared to head to a military camp in Hebei Province, the media outlet said. The Taiwanese media also reproduced the tweet of a Chinese netizen who goes by the handle of @waynescene on Twitter. Reacting to the reports in the Taiwanese media, Global Times - the mouthpiece of China's ruling Communist Party - said the soldiers were not crying due to fear. They turned emotional while singing a famous Chinese military song, it clarified.