Chinese-Dragon
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China completely misunderstood Forward Policy and followed its policy of preemptive strike.
No we did not misunderstand.
Nehru set up military posts deep into Chinese territory in the Eastern sector. Undisputed Chinese territory.
That was an act of War, at a time where we were dying from famine. Hell, hosting our largest separatist group in 1959 itself was already an act of war, but because of the famine we were too weak to respond.
Nehru wasn't looking for a war. He was looking to steal Chinese land for free, and assumed that we were too weak from starvation to fight back. He was wrong.
I would say 1962 was a strategic blunder by China, without 1962 we would have followed our pacifist policies and non-alignment movement, and probably would have supported China as a Asian leader.
It was India who made the mistake, by first saying we were "Brothers" and then back stabbing us repeatedly, and even starting the Sino-Indian War with the Forward Policy.
You don't call someone a brother and then back stab them. We never called you brothers, you were the one who called us brothers and then turned on us while we were in a famine. Attacked your "brother" when we were starving to death.