Thread from this helpful article on the debate between Chinese hawks and doves on India policy.

"If China-India ties are damaged beyond repair, [the doves] warn, India alone or in association with other countries will cause 'endless trouble for China.'" https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-stand-off-and-chinas-india-policy-dilemma/article32083539.ece

"China’s top [hardline] India watchers...believe that the present conflict is not an 'accident' but an 'inevitable result'...[of] India’s 'unending infrastructure arms race' at the LAC...Beijing was 'fed up' and 'had to teach India a lesson.'"

"With opportunities for coop at the global level diminishing, regional competition intensifying and the earlier system of effective management of bilateral differences crumbling beyond control, periodic violent conflicts, they predict, are the 'new normal' in China-India ties."

"Only by daring to fight...on the western frontier can China effectively deter its adversaries on the eastern coast. This is also, what they called, the right way to resolve China’s primary contradiction, that is the China-U.S. problem, by first breaking 'its arms and legs.'"

"To deal with a resurgent India, Chinese hardliners suggest a policy of 'three nos:' 'no weakness, no concession and no defensive defense.' In other words, China should take all opportunities to crack down on India, take the initiative to hit it hard whenever possible."

"Didn’t the 1962...war help China to maintain peace & stability on the western front for a long time and directly eliminate US and Soviet ambitions to use India to contain China? In this backdrop there is renewed interest...to: keep India under control by destabilizing the [LAC]"

"on the other side of the debate are Chinese political thinkers and professors such as Zheng Yongnian and Yu Longyu among others, who in their analysis of the Galwan Valley incident, have been somewhat critical about China’s policies towards India"

"stokes extreme nationalism in India&unites the otherwise divided nation against China...[& can] draw China into an untimely military conflict. They criticize those vying to 'teaching India a lesson' as being 'short-sighted' & not 'psychologically prepared for the rise of India'"

"China, they argue, lacks understanding of the fact that India, as a rising power, is very important to China and will be increasingly crucial in the future, with China-India relations evolving as the most important pair of relations after China-U.S. links."

"general view among these military analysts is that if China has an advantage in terms of psychology, equipment, and logistics mobilization, India too has advantage on various fronts such as deployment, supply line, practical war experience, topography, and climate among others."

"Even if the two sides ended in a tie, in India it will be counted a victory & the national morale will rise sharply; on the contrary, in China, morale will decline if it cannot beat India decisively...in an effort to 'teach India a lesson'...China might lose more than it'd gain"