While China's government on Tuesday for the first time in a week didn't continue its war of words with India, state media outlets in Beijing haven't relented, again drawing parallels to 1962 and speaking of "teaching India a lesson".

An article published on the PLA website by strategic expert Wang Dehua warned that "those in India who still uphold 'confrontation' in this event should be fully aware of the fact that if a solution isn't reached through diplomatic or military communication or the issue isn't handled properly, another armed conflict between China and India is not completely out of question."

Wang, who is the head of the Institute of South and Central Asia at the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, said that "some Indians dare to provoke China and even claim that it's not 1962 anymore probably because they don't think China has military advantages at the border sector where the event took place."

"They mistakenly think that India can avenge itself by using the favourable terrain and its advantageous mountain division and air force on the border. But India would do better to not forget the historical lesson," he said.

PLA REMINDS INDIA OF 'HISTORICAL LESSONS'

Prior to the June 16 stand-off and China's statements last week, Chinese media rarely have referred to 1962. This week appears to be an exception, with the PLA spokesperson on Thursday reminding India of "historical lessons" and numerous references to 1962 in China's state media.

Wang wrote that "many people wonder why China didn't drive away the trespassing Indian troops by force since it was its legitimate right to build a road in its own territory".

He referred again to 1962, saying that China "didn't even want to fight the 1962 Counterattack in Self-Defense on China-India Border [as China refers to its attack on India in 1962] at first, but wanted to settle the issue through peaceful negotiations because China and India used to be friends and had similar experience in fighting against imperialism and colonialism."

"Similarly," he said, "armed expulsion of the trespassing Indian troops is the last resort that China would want to take this time. So far, there is still room to settle this event in a peaceful way."

WHAT HAPPENED IN NATHU LA IN 1967

Wang also mentioned the 1967 incident in Nathu La , when most historians say India gave China a bloody nose, with more than 80 Indian soldiers killed and between 300-400 Chinese killed. That was triggered when China stopped India from laying a wire and filled up trenches dug by India. After a scuffle, the Chinese returned after several days and on September 14, 1967 opened fire on jawans of 70 Field Company and 18 Rajput who suffered heavy casualties, but by October 1, 1967, the PLA (People's Liberation Army) was pushed back by 3 km with a strong Indian response.

Wang offered a different version of events: "In fact, [after 1962] Indian troops made many provocations to Chinese border troops in Yatung (a frontier county situated at the mouth of the Chumbi valley near the China-India border) and Nathu La (a mountain pass in the Himalayas which connects the Indian state of Sikkim with China's Xizang Autonomous Region) in 1965-1967."

"With the conflict at Nathu La and Daggi in September and October 1967 respectively reaching a peak, when the Indian side assigned its No.112 mountain infantry brigade and No.17 artillery brigade to attack Chinese troops stationed at the Nathu La mountain pass on the China-Sikkim border. In self-defense, Chinese troops launched two destructive counterattacks against the Indian side. The Indian side didn't get the upper hand in the past. And it won't get an advantage today when the Chinese military has made remarkable progress on modernisation over the past few decades," Wang said.

On the stand-off, he concluded that while "it's not completely impossible to settle the issue through dialogue", people in India "should not get overexcited in their pursuit for regional and even global leadership, and make serious misjudgment about India's strength and China's bottom line, otherwise it will shoot itself in the foot."

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