Officers and soldiers from Xinjiang military command pay tribute to martyrs at Kangxiwa Martyrs Cemetery ahead of Qingming Festival
By: Global Times | Published: Apr 01, 2026 12:45 AM
On the eve of Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, officers and soldiers from a regiment of the Xinjiang military command visited the Kangxiwa Martyrs Cemetery to pay tribute to the martyrs, according to a video released by the military channel of CCTV News on Tuesday. The tombstones of Chen Hongjun, Chen Xiangrong, Xiao Siyuan, and Wang Zhuoran—the four martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the Galwan Valley border skirmish in June 2020, also stand here, according to China Military Online.