Merely a day after China said that it would safeguard its security interests at any cost amid a standoff with India in the Sikkim region, Chinese state-run publication Global Times published an editorial piece urging China to “teach India a second lesson”.

The statement was an apparent reference to the Indo-Sino war of 1962.

India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is scheduled to fly to China for the annual National Security Advisors’ meeting, scheduled to take place this week.

In a separate op-ed piece, Global Times said that though Doval is believed to be one of the main schemers behind the current standoff between the two countries, his visit to China won’t change anything unless India withdraws its forces from the region.

“Beijing is firm that India's withdrawal from Chinese territory is a precondition and a basis for any meaningful dialogue between the two sides. The Chinese side will not talk with India on the issue before the Indian troops' unconditional withdrawal from Chinese territory,” the op-ed piece said.

It added that New Delhi should now let go of its illusions and that Doval’s Beijing visit is certainly not an opportunity to settle the standoff on India’s terms.

The original article, written by University of International Business and Economics professor John Gong, also talked about how Liu Youfa, China's former Consul General in Mumbai, was right in saying that Indian troops could either withdraw, or be captured or killed – in case the standoff escalates.

“As India continues down this intransigent path, perhaps it is time that it be taught a second lesson… As always, India's logic of reasoning on this matter is as feeble as its troops on the ground,” Gong said in the article.

He added that India’s claims of China’s road construction in Doklam poses a strategic threat to the "chicken's neck" – a 27-kilometer-wide Siliguri Corridor to the south of Doklam that connects the northeastern part of India with the rest of the country – were rubbish and that China wasn’t concerned with the chicken’s neck.