Well he said mostly the same immediately after June 15 as well, so nothing really surprising from him. But one surprising thing is he said the Indians ambushed first and caused some PLA soldiers to fight to the death, which is definitely new and that the main Galwan battle was the Chinese counterattack. If this is the case, I have no idea why the Chinese government did not take a much more forceful tone against the Indians and provide evidence that it was an Indian attack first that then led to the Chinese counterattack, which inflicted the brunt of the casualties in the whole standoff. Either Hu Xijin's account is incorrect, which is possible, or the Chinese government made a huge PR blunder, which is also possible. And if just one PLA soldier did indeed die, why withhold his name or acknowledge his loss when it was the direct consequence of Indian aggression ... this logic makes absolutely no sense to me considering the PLA does indeed announce casualties for conflicts.