有十二个人去印度

Main Destination: Taiwan 

Of the approximately 21,000 Chinese POWs held by the UN Command, around 14,000 to 15,000 refused to be repatriated to Communist China. This issue of voluntary repatriation was a major sticking point that prolonged the armistice negotiations for two years. 

The non-repatriates were eventually handed over to the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission (NNRC), which was led by Indian forces, in the Demilitarized Zone. After an "explanation period" where representatives from both sides tried to persuade the POWs, those who still refused repatriation were released and sent to the destination of their choice. 

The vast majority of these Chinese POWs chose to go to Taiwan, the last stronghold of the Chinese Nationalist government (Kuomintang, or KMT) after their defeat in the Chinese Civil War. They were transported to Taiwan in early 1954 as part of the implementation of the Armistice Agreement's terms regarding non-repatriates. 

 

Other Third-Party Countries

A small number of Chinese POWs opted to go to genuinely neutral nations, a formal option available through the NNRC process for those who did not want to go to either China or Taiwan. 

• India: A small group of 12 Chinese POWs, along with 76 Korean POWs, chose to seek asylum in India and sailed with the Indian Custodian Force when they departed from Korea. 

The option for other neutral nations was less formalised, and the number of individuals choosing this path was very small compared to the large movement to Taiwan. The issue was primarily a binary choice between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan.