Don’t be so sure about that.
China has had no real combat experience since their losing fiasco with Vietnam in ‘79. Beyond that they have made some aggressive moves against Taiwan, helped with Somali Pirates and been involved in Mali as peace keepers.
The one-child policy created a bunch of self centered mini-emperors that has been acknowledged as an issue by generals internally.
A likely biased India article: http://www.indiandefencereview.com/spotlights/chinas-one-child-policy-military-implications/
A set of less likely biased article:
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/all-reasons-chinas-military-paper-tiger-54537
http://alexatsintolas.weebly.com/military.html
India on the other hand has had a continuous series of border wars/skirmishes with Pakistan since independence from the UK. In addition they have participated in the Sri Lankan Civil War (’87-90), Operations in the Seychelles (’86) and the Maldives (’88), and helped against the Somali Pirates. In addition they continue to be a source of soldiers to the UK for service in specific units.
We have heard of up to 20 dead on the India side from the fisti-cuffs a few weeks back, we still don’t know the extent of the tally from the Chinese side and likely never will. My humble opinion is that is because they had greater losses.
A very valid opinion. You can sense the anger on the Chinese side. They have kept mum about the actual figure to save themselves from embarrassment but you can see they are looking for retribution. What remains to be seen is what the first spark is going to be that starts the war. My guess is once they are fully deployed in the area they will give an ultimatum to the Indians - vacate the Galwan Valley area within X number of days or hostilities begin.
Don’t forget internal to India revolts and Communist established internal states like Kerala. The Indians finally beat the maoist-oriented and trained Nagas and Mizos but have never defeated the maoist Naxalities movement which, if I recall correctly, control munch of Kerala state.
However, much of that fighting has been done by paramilitary police forces, not the Indian Army, in most cases.
But remember, the Gurkas are still around if India needs some more experienced world-class fighters.
the Chinese side was around 48 or so, IIRC.