What happened on 29/30 Aug was claimed by India as a precision military operation by a brigade size force across the LAC to occupy 6 hill tops in the Chushul/Spangur Tso region and a great achievement to the Indian Army. The occupation of these strategic positions was a replica of what they did in 1962, preempting the Chinese side and crowing victory and Indian cleverness to seize new territories and changing the status quo. Changing the status quo was what the Indians accused China of wanting to do, and precisely what the Indians did using this as an excuse and then accusing China of aggression. The Indians won, they moved into these positions while the Chinese did not do anything. The same thing happened in 1962. But after the humiliating defeat they turned around to say China started it. Now we have it in the news, the Indians started it again.
The Indian sides are now talking big, that despite drones, satellites and new technologies, China did not detect their military incursion and could not prevent the clever Indians from occupying the 6 mountain tops to cut off any attempt by PLA to move into Chushul. They were so confident that China did not know of their sneaky attacks but the truth could be far from what the simplistic Indians were thinking. The PLA could be watching every Indian move and let them commit the first offensive move just like in 1962 and claiming victory. In any early phases of a war, the side that made the first move would have the advantage of surprise and could look victorious.
India is using the same cheap trick the Americans are using in the South China sea, thief shouting thief. The aggressive and reckless Americans sent in their warships to provoke China and raise tension but accusing China of doing so. Here the aggressive Indians moved in to take strategic positions and accused the Chinese of trying or wanting to do so but did not.
China now has all the moral ground to hit back and retake the positions occupied by the Indians. And the Indians knew and feared that this is going to happen. They made the first offensive move against China. Now they are panicking and in a hurry for India to form a military alliance with the US to protect India against an impending Chinese offensive to push back the Indians. And like the Americans, to hide their aggression, they are accusing China of being aggressive.
The two foreign ministers have met in Russia and agreed to deescalate. Let's see if the Indians withdraw from these positions. China would not allow the Indians to change the status quo and occupy these positions inside the LAC. Failure on the part of the Indians to pull back would guarantee an attack by the PLA. China would not change the status quo and would not allow India to change the status quo.
Is India cocky enough, with a misplaced sense of confidence that they could reverse the fate of 1962 and be victorious this time? While bragging about their successful incursion into the Chinese side of the LAC, the Indians have admitted that they have started this war. Every quarter in India is cheering about how brilliant and successful this sneaky attack was, like in the early days of the 1962 war. They have out flanked the PLA....for the moment, when the PLA is not retaliating. The PLA is still restraining itself from attacking and hoping for the Indians to pull back. But be very sure that the planning to retake these positions is going on. India would face another 1962 rout if it persists to stay put. The China today is hundreds of times stronger than in 1962 and would not allow India to sneak in and take an inch of its land.
What's next?
PS. We are now living witnesses to this new Sino Indian Border War 2020. India made the first incursion to occupy 6 positions inside China's LAC. Let's not allow the Indians to wriggle away should they be defeated one more time and to blame China for making the first move. The Indians are crowing that they are all prepared and ready to take on the PLA, with superior Rafale fighters and other superior military equipment and all their forces in position.
Place China and India side by side and it is so easy to notice that nothing in India that comes close or comparable to China. The couple of things that the Indians are better than the Chinese are the use of the English language and talking. Talking and bragging are the forte of Indians. Hope they can win this war just by talking blowing their own trumpet.