There's a lot of shit posting on India on this thread.
But if one looks at this objectively from their point of view, wouldn't most posters do exactly what they did?
They can claim "victory" and sell it to their populace. But the key is the next part, which is if they admit their errors internally and start correcting weaknesses.
If I were Indian, I would be happy that they admitted there will always be casualties in war, in hope they will learn about their deficits, and improve.
If one were really trying to hurt them, then it would be to praise their actions, magnify their achievements, stoke their ego, preventing them from improving. Just like all those news articles about Indian manufacturing prowess dating back decades.
I personally feel that the much of the criticisms towards china over the decades, while malicious, acctually made china better, stronger, more independent, and now the results speak for themselves. But the key is to be honest with oneself and then improve. If one is not honest about oneself, why should others help them be honest?
China should not underestimate India at all. But if china really wanted to hurt India, they should be telling everyone that the J10s got "lucky", the PL15E got "lucky". It was the pilots that made the most difference. lol