Chinese soldier, stranded in India for half a century, returns home
Wang, accompanied by some of his family members arrived in Beijing in the morning by an Air China flight and then he took a for Xian, the report quoted official sources in Beijing as saying.
Two Indian embassy officials escorted Mr. Wang and some members of his family who accompanied him from India
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.
A recent BBC TV feature on him was widely picked by the Chinese social media and the Chinese Government took action in coordination with India for his return.
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