On September 8, the spokesperson of the Western China Theater stated that the Indian troops who illegally crossed the line and entered the southern shore of Pangong Lake fired threats against the Chinese border guard patrols who had made representations. The Chinese border guards were forced to take countermeasures to stabilize the situation on the ground.
Hu Xijin, chief editor of Chinese official media “Global Times”, released a post in his official account of WeChat on the evening of September 8th, saying “people who understand the situation on the front line of the Sino-Indian border” told him that “the PLA has a firm control over the overall situation. No matter how it fights, the PLA has absolute certainty to defeat the Indian army. China will not lose an inch of land on the Sino-Indian border. Please rest assured.”
Hu said, since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, China’s several foreign wars were the result of the other side’s misjudgment and underestimation of China’s willingness to fight. Before the 1962 war, the Indian side had no fear and continued to erode Chinese territory and challenged the People’s Liberation Army. In the end, the Indian side paid a heavy price. The situation today is very close to that before the outbreak of the war. According to information from the frontline, the situation ahead is still quite tense, and there is a serious possibility of a direct exchange of fire between the two sides.