戴旭(Dai Xu) a well known hawk in the PLA mentioned in one of his speeches a decade ago that war with India is inevitable. He saw India as a 跳舞民族 (nation that is flamboyant and excitable), with other national characteristics that in the environment of prolonged economic growth will fuel their ego and vastly over estimate their abilities. In addition western powers who wish to contain China but maintain economic relations will use India as a proxy, fuelling them with support and arms (killing two birds with one stone). This is a recipe for disaster and India will become a dangerous neighbour, even going back on previous consensus of PRC sovereignty in Tibet. In his view it is country that needs to be defeated in battle for there to be order in Asia.
Sad to say to all my Indian friends that my personal view is that there is a high chance of war in the future but a full on conflict will not happen for a few years. We are currently seeing the build up phase before the release. Things will settle down for a while. India's economy will grow at a relatively fast pace, nationalism will increase, and anti-Chinese sentiment will increase. America and Japan will provide even more moral, diplomatic, and arms support to India, until there reaches a breaking point. The trigger could be independence movements (2020?) or other events, urging Indian army to mobilise and in a show of force to protect its territory.
This time India essentially pushed China closer to Pakistan's side of the sovereignty issue in Kashmir where it tried to be neutral before to not upset India in hopes of cooperation. Events will escalate in stages but it is hard to reverse. If the situation continues to escalate then China would be planning for a decapitation of the North East and Kashmir in coordination with Pakistan. 2.5 front war might become a reality.