China-India border: PLA officer wounded in Galwan clash ‘keen to return to front line’


A Chinese officer who was in a coma and received head injuries in a border clash with India last year says he is now ready to go back to the front line, according to Chinese state media.

Lieutenant Colonel Qi Fabao is a regimental commander of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Xinjiang Military District who led a group of soldiers against the Indian troops in the deadly fight in the Galwan Valley on June 15, 2020. Qi told CCTV on Thursday he had recovered well from his head wounds.

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