Chinese state-run media threatens India of dire consequences

The Chinese official media has once again fired at its Indian counterpart, with editorials asking Indian troops to either move out of Dokalam area in Sikkim sector with dignity or be kicked out.



They have also described the situation as "worryingly tense".

As per a statement issued by the Chinese foreign ministry, it is considering issuing an advisory for its citizens in India depending on the security situation there.

Global Times, China's nationalistic tabloid, has said that India should be taught a "bitter lesson", China Daily has said that India should look into the mirror.

The editorial in The Global Times also said that India will suffer "greater losses" than it did after the Indo-China war in 1962 if it gets into border clashes with China.

"We believe the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) is powerful enough to expel Indian troops out of Chinese territory. The Indian military can choose to return to its territory with dignity, or be kicked out of the area by Chinese soldiers," it said.

"We need to give diplomatic and military authorities full power to handle the issue. We call on Chinese society to maintain high-level unity on the issue. The more unified the Chinese people are, the more sufficient conditions the professionals will have to fight against India and safeguard our interests. This time, we must teach New Delhi a bitter lesson," it added.

"If New Delhi believes that its military might can be used as leverage in the Donglang area (referred to as Dokalam or Dok La), and it is ready for a two-and-a-half front war, we have to tell India that the Chinese look down on their military power," it continued.

The paper was referring to what Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat had said about the situation, saying that India 'was ready for a two-and-a-half front war'.

Since the standoff on June 6, when the PLA destroyed bunkers of the Indian Army, claiming the area belonged to China, Chinese media have carried several pieces warning India against escalating border tensions.

As per China Daily, "India should look in the mirror. It was not able to refute the evidence of illegal border-trespassing and coerced its small neighbour Bhutan to shoulder the blame."

It added that India should respect the border agreement that it has with China and withdraw its troops.

The editorial said the situation in Dokalam remains "worryingly tense, with a stand-off between soldiers of the two countries still ongoing".

"That the situation has not flared out of control is thanks to the great restraint exercised by the Chinese troops. But the tensions resulting from the intrusion will surely grow if there is not a total withdrawal of the Indian troops."

It’s been a month that both neighbouring nations have been engaged in a standoff in the Dokalam area near the Bhutan trijunction, after a Chinese Army construction party came to build a road there.