China Invokes 1962 Memories To Put India On A Defensive but It Won’t Work
While both India and China, through their foreign ministers have decided to disengage from Ladakh, the exercise is complicated & best efforts needed.
China Invokes 1962 Memories To Put India On A Defensive but It Won’t Work
In order to put the Indian Army on the defensive and convince the general public that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) is vastly superior to its Indian counterpart on the battlefield, the Chinese propaganda machine, or psychological warfare machine, has been using the 1962 border conflict for the past 58 years. The same mentality led the PLA to cross the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Galwan and the rugged Finger 4 spur on the north banks of the Pangong Tso. However, the Indian Army took over at Galwan and on both banks of the lake, undermining Chinese hubris, and in fact posing a threat to the PLA garrison at Moldo across the Spanggur Gap in the Chushul region. A frustrated PLA opted to set up an anti-aircraft battery on Black Top, south of Pangang Tso, and roll out major battle tanks to intimidate the Indians after being caught off guard by their actions on August 29–30. Without realizing it, the PLA media machine is shrieking war with India while using standoff weaponry rather…
