Beating 20 Indian soldiers to death Monday evening, China’s People’s Liberation Army has provoked the Indian nationalist tiger.
The skirmish occurred after India — likely accurately — said that PLA forces attempted to “change the status quo” unilaterally along the two countries’ disputed “line of control” border area. The violence did not involve an armed engagement: Instead, the PLA physically attack a smaller number of Indian soldiers. But if, as the defense editor for the Times of India suggests (I believe he is correct), and 20 soldiers, including a regiment commanding officer, were killed, Indian nationalist anger will be unleashed. Considering that both China and India possess nuclear weapons, this concern should not be underestimated.
