When Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor died by setting himself on fire in 2011 due to abuse of power by Tunisian officials, the Arab Spring started.
It is a big deal for the Indian govt and the Jai Hind crowds. Because to them, India has a rightful claim to all of South Tibet (and sometimes all of Tibet). If China builds a village there, it's creating facts on the ground. With no regards to India's feelings. It is basically China giving the middle finger to India's territorial claims.
True, but Indian military has to deal only with China and Paskistan. While China has to deal with the total forces of the Quad, Taiwan, Vietnam even S Korea and other 5-Eyes countries? So 2.5 times larger budget than India is not quite adequate. However China military budget is only using a relative small percentage of its GDP and can be supercharged without much stress to its economy in the foreseeable future.
The difference being that India-Pakistan gets hot from time to time. India has to be on standby on two fronts, which really saps the development of India's military. China only has to pay attention mainly to the Indian border, and it has a much stronger supply chain. Really South Korea isn't going to start even a small-scale conflict with China. Vietnam's not going to do anything to China. The borders with N Korea and Russia are relatively stable for the foreseeable future.
But, whenever you bump into Indians on Twitter / fb /Reddit, the only reply you'd ever get is "its the best idea", and they got all salty because Modi don't go full-out war on China.
Also not when India devotes most of its military budget to developing kerosene heaters.
When considering how much of India's procurement were imports, whereas China's were predominantly domestic...
