Earlier reports about a Chinese Sino-Indian war veteran who looks forward to return to China after being stuck in India for half a century has garnered wide attention in China.

As reported by BBC Hindi's journalist Vineet Khare on Jan. 31, 2017, a Chinese army surveyor named Wang Qi was taken prisoner in India just weeks after the Sino-Indian war broke out in 1963. Since then, he has been unable to leave India, but he remains eager to reunite with his family in China.

On Jan. 10, Mr. Wang’s older brother Wang Zhiyuan contacted his brother via video. According to Wang Zhiyuan, his brother still has his accent and is eager to return home as soon as possible.

On Feb.1, the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi announced that they are aware of the case and said the embassy is in close contact with Mr. Wang, his relatives, and Indian authorities. The embassy said that they are sympathetic about his suffering and continue to offer him help, adding that with the joint efforts of China and India, the case will surely be resolved in an ideal manner and with respect to the individual concerned.

On Feb. 3, embassy staff told a local newspaper in Shaanxi that they are currently coordinating some issues concerning his case.

On the same day, the Special Care Pension for Wartime Veterans Office of Shaanxi's Civil Affairs Department announced that a deal was reached and the office will offer as much help as it can to Mr. Wang. Later that day, the Civil Affairs Department of Xianyang in Wang’s hometown made a similar pledge.

A charity organization in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, said they will cover the expenses of bringing Mr. Wang back home this spring.

Officials from the village where Mr. Wang was born said they will allocate residential land to him so that he can spend his remaining years in comfort.