India's habitual boasts about its military strength, fabrication of
victories and cover-ups of its provocations in recent border clashes with
Chinese troops, which arise from its domestic need to divert public attention
from its government's failure to improve the economy and contain COVID-19, make
the whole world question its sincerity in maintaining the stability of the
border area, the Global Times quoted Chinese analysts as saying.
India's actions fully reveal that it was the
first to illegally cross the border in an act of provocation, and the
responsibility and consequences will all lie on the Indian side if China takes
tough countermeasures, analysts said.
When Indian troops illegally crossed the Line
of Actual Control (LAC) on Monday, the Indian army, which first moved to accuse
China of carrying out "provocative military movements," said it
"had preempted Chinese military activity."
The Indian army's statement fully proves that
it was the first to illegally cross the border in an act of provocation, the
first to unilaterally change the status quo in the border area, and the first
to violate the important consensus reached by the two sides, Chinese Foreign
Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on Wednesday.
Qian Feng, director of the research department at the National Strategy Institute at Tsinghua University, told the Global Times that as the military strength of both China and India is clearly known to the world, India, the weak party, uses the description of "preemptive actions," revealing the hubris of some Indian officials.
India must bear the responsibility and consequences if China takes tough countermeasures since it was the first to engage in provocation, Qian said.
Fake videos
After the Monday incident,
a short video depicting several Indian soldiers singing and dancing with two
flags that showed the separatist symbol adopted by the "Tibetan government
in exile" circulated widely on Twitter, according to Global Times.
The video excited some Indian netizens, who
claimed India occupied the western section of the China-India border and these
soldiers were clearly having a victory celebration.
However, the authenticity of the video was
widely questioned on social media.
Many videos, photos and reports on China-India
border clashes and India-Pakistan clashes circulated by the Indian side on
social media have turned out to be fake, Qian said.
In a recent example, some Indian netizens
claimed on social media that an Indian official died during the latest clash
with Chinese troops, but later, the Indian army said the official died in an
accident that took place during the loading of an infantry combat vehicle
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
