'India will suffer greater losses than in 1962 if it incites conflict,' says state-run Chinese media
HIGHLIGHTS
- New Delhi must be taught "a bitter lesson", said the Chinese media
- it accused India of "acting shamelessly before the international community"
- It also said India "coerced" Bhutan to get involved in this latest border dispute
NEW DELHI: As the Sino-Indian border standoff+ enters the 20th day, an increasingly strident Chinese media said "shameless" India must be taught "a bitter lesson" and added that India "will suffer greater losses than in 1962" if war were to break out today.
An editorial on Wednesday in the hardline state-run Global Times also said the Chinese public is "infuriated by India's provocation" and "look(s) down" on India's military might.
Further, it accused India of "acting shamelessly before the international community" and of "coercing"
Bhutan to get involved in this latest
India-China border standoff.
China last week made oblique reference to the
1962 war between the two countries, after which defence minister Arun Jaitley retorted, making clear that the India of 2017 is vastly more powerful militarily now than it was in 1962.
Since Jaitley's retort , a prickly Chinese media has been trying to throw his comments back at him.
"Jaitley is right that the India of 2017 is different from that of 1962 - India will suffer greater losses than in 1962 if it incites military conflicts," said the editorial in Global Times, which is run by the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper People's Daily.
Beijing-run media appears to be irked not just by Jaitley but also with Indian Army chief Bipin Rawat, who recently said India "is ready for a two-and-a-half front war". He was referring to China, Pakistan and internal conflicts.
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