But this is also why in my opinion that China was smart in not taking or making the ladakh situation a much more punitive measure by blitzing the Indian forces thereby creating less breathing space or more open possibility in cooperation like potentially assisting the India in it's darkest hour of need. The military defeat or humiliation of India would have made for chest thumping bragging rights for the PLA but I think it would have been a strategic set back for China long term.
Thank goodness that China and Chinese leaders seem to operate real "strategy" and not just b.s. slogan I often hear from almost all western politicians when we all know it's double speak because what most of them care about is the short term interest for political expediency = votes and power.
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