China's border line division began with the signing of the Treaty of Nebuchu with Russia in the late Qing Dynasty. However, my country was suffering from internal and external troubles in the early days and did not formally demarcate the border. Western powers took this opportunity to colonize the border, and the Sino-Indian counterattack was launched under this premise.
During the British period of India, India arbitrarily demarcated the "McMahon Line" and invaded our country's borders. Even though India got rid of Britain, it still did not cancel the "McMahon Line". In June 1962, my country officially launched a counterattack, and Wang Qi is a member of the People's Liberation Army.
Wang Qi was originally named Wang Kaiyuan . He was born in 1937. He was 2 from Qianxian, Shaanxi Province. He finished elementary and high school in his hometown. He joined the army in 1960 and studied Surveying project in the army. During the counterattack against India, he was a PLA who moved into the borders of the motherland and carried out surveying and mapping tasks.
According to Wang Qi on BBC, in January 1963, he went out for a walk, but because he walked far and lost, he walked for several days but couldn't find the way out. He was tired and hungry. Just when he found a lane, he saw a Red Cross car passing by.
Wang Qi asked their help. Originally, Wang Qi thought that the Red Cross people would show him a way, but the Red Cross detained Wang Qi and sent it directly to the Indian military. The Indian military arrested him for "invading" the territory and sentenced him to seven years in prison.
In the next seven years, he lived in different prisons. Every time he went to a place, he would receive various "special care" because he was a Chinese. It was not until 1969 that India ordered him to be released, but he was restricted from leaving the country and was taken to a remote village.
In order to survive in India, Wang Qi went to a flour mill to work, but because he was a Chinese, he was suppressed everywhere. He missed Wang Qi, who was home to his hometown, and could only bear humiliation. The only one who helped him in the flour mill was an Indian woman named Sushila, although Wang Qi kept sending letters to her Chinese family.
However, India has been strictly controlling letters to send abroad. For five years, Wang Qi did not receive a reply. Wang Qi, who was helpless in a foreign land, married Sushila in 1975 and learned Hindi . The two raised 4 children together.
However, Chinese people have the idea of "fallen leaves return to their roots", let alone Wang Qi. He has been trying to contact his Chinese family, and the Indian family members are also running around, but India's transportation is backward and communication is inconvenient. It was not until 2002 that he spoke with his mother in his hometown for the first time.
Since the Chinese Embassy learned about Wang Qi's deeds, it has been running around for him to seek his family and applied for an passport . In 2013, although he got the passport, it needed to be approved by India. The Chinese Embassy has been in contact with Wang Qi and has won a 10-year passport in a few years.
In 2017, Wang Qi finally returned to his hometown after 54 years of absence. When talking to people in his hometown, he no longer could speak the dialect of his hometown. When eating, he held the chopsticks and couldn't remember how to use it for a long time. After all, for half a century, he had been eating hand-piggy .
