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Wang Qi
Heartfelt Reunion : After 50 years , a 77 years old Chinese soldier reached home from India
Thanks to government of China and India for hearing plight of Wang Qi who finally reached his home in Beijing , China.
A Chinese soldier, who was stuck in India for over 50 years after he crossed over the border post 1962 war, today arrived in Beijing with his Indian family members to an emotional reunion with his Chinese kin.
Wang Qi, 77, was received by his close Chinese relatives, besides officials of the China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Indian embassy when he arrived here along with his son, daughter-in-law and grand daughter from Delhi-Beijing flight.
Wang became emotional as he hugged his relatives, their first reunion after he crossed into Indian side over five decades ago.
"It was an emotional reunion," an official present at the airport told PTI here.
Wang was accompanied by his son Vishnu Wang, 35, daughter-in-law Neha and grand daughter, Khanak Wang.
His Indian wife Shushila, however, stayed back. Indian officials said Wang and family members will be later flown to Xian, the provincial capital in Shaanxi province from where he will be taken to his native village Xue Zhai Nan Cun in the province.
His return became a possibility after India and China worked out modalities for both Wang and his Indian family to travel together to China and later return as per their wish.
Wang was caught when he entered the Indian territory shortly after the Sino-India War of 1962. After his release from prison in 1969, he settled in Tirodi village of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.
Though his story has been published by Indian media several times in the past, a recent BBCTV feature on him was widely picked by the Chinese social media highlighting his plight, prompting the Chinese government to initiate action in coordination with India to facilitate his return.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on February 6 that he was provided a passport to travel to China in 2013 and he was also paid a living allowance.
Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui recently spoke to him.
While the Chinese government has provided visas for his family to visit China, India has provided a re-entry visa for Wang to return back if he chooses to.
Indian officials terms the facilitation of the travel of Wang and his family by both sides s positive development, specially at a time when India-China relations were stuck with differences over issues like China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, China blocking India's entry into Nuclear Suppliers Group and listing of JeM leader Masood Azhar as terrorist by UN.
Before leaving for Beijing, Vishnu told media in India yesterday that"my father joined the Chinese Army in 1960 and he entered India through the eastern frontier after losing his way in the darkness one night."
He landed in Assam where an Indian Red Cross team handed him over to the Indian Army on January 1, 1963.

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