The Kangxiwar Martyrs’ Cemetery located in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is China’s highest cemetery.
On November 15, the blogger was jailed for seven months after he was accused of “dishonouring the dead soldiers”.
The move by the government base comes in the backdrop of the arrest of a Chinese travel blogger who managed to enter the site in July and clicked selfies, triggering a backlash in the country. The cemetery is reportedly the first such “patriotic education base” in connection with Sino-India military history.Īccording to the PLA portal, the renovation work would be completed by November next year. A cemetery in Xinjiang which houses the tombstones of over 100 Chinese soldiers who died during the 1962 Sino-India war and in the Galwan Valley clash last year has been designated as “patriotic education base”.Īccording to a report published by the PLA portal, the Kangxiwar Martyrs’ Cemetery- located 4,280 metres, or more than 14,000 feet, above sea level in the Karakorum mountains- is currently undergoing large-scale renovation after it was designated “education base” by the Xinjiang government in September.
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