China wants to provoke a shooting war with India. China has superior aircraft, armaments, missiles, and troops. It will bloody India badly and seize more territory. Why? China wants to do the same to India that Russia did to Japan prior to the Pearl Harbor attack. Japan and Russia fought some sharp battles in Manchuria. Russian forces mauled the Japanese. The Japanese high command was duly impressed and when Hitler invaded Russia, Japan refused to open a second front. Russia was able to send divisions westward that saved Moscow in December 1941.
China hopes to bloody, humiliate and intimidate India. When China invades Taiwan, it does not even want India to think of attacking. India is no match for China.
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