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A blogger who made comments about Chinese soldiers who died in a Himalayan border clash with Indian troops last year has been sentenced to eight months in jail.

Qiu Ziming, (38), was found guilty of “slandering heroes and martyrs”.

According to state newspaper the Global Times, he is the first to be criminally charged under the offence following an amendment to China’s criminal law.

Those charged under this law can be imprisoned for up to three