HOW CHINESE MEDIA COVERED THE LADAKH STANDOFF

China Daily: "China has not released details of the deaths and injuries on its side, in an attempt to avoid any notion of winners or losers and prevent any escalation of tensions, but with casualties on both sides and tensions having been simmering for a while before boiling over, the incident cannot but raise worries that the situation risks running out of control."

Global Times: “India needs to rid two misjudgements on border situation. It believes that China does not want to sour ties with India because of increasing strategic pressure from the US, therefore China lacks the will to hit back provocations from the Indian side. In addition, some Indian people mistakenly believe their country’s military is more powerful than China’s. These misperceptions affect the rationality of Indian opinion and add pressure to India’s China policy.”

State-run news agency Xinhua quoted Zhang Shuili, spokesperson for the Western Theater Command of the PLA, the “Indian side should strictly restrain their frontline troops and return to the correct track of dialogue and negotiations to resolve the differences.”

CGTN: China’s military voiced strong dissatisfaction and opposition to India’s “provocative actions” in the Galwan Valley. The military urged India to go back to the “right track” in properly managing disputes.

The foreign ministry's official transcripts of its 16 June press briefing redacted remarks from its spokesman about the clashes.

State broadcaster CCTV’S daily Xinwen Lianbo made no mention of the border confrontation.