So there is no point of any PLA presence going by your reasoning. The PLA can take whatever whenever but the measly PLA presence along certain parts means the Indians can and will do these things all the time with nothing really stopping them. If and when the PLA chooses to actually hit, then that would be a new development which we're waiting for. At the moment, PLA cannot stop Indian incursions along areas they are somehow not looking at despite satellite and drone surveillance being easy to do.
So in your version PLA simultaneously doesn't want to match their numbers but also wants to hold land and wants IA to respect this. LOL This isn't the case for sure. PLA is either using this to make moves or it's an oversight by PLA and CCP. This is all of course assuming some Indian incursions which the CCP has confirmed.
Come on, you are better than that. It’s silly to make silly extremes strawman arguments.
The PLA presence on the boarder is to maintain China’s claim, not fight off every Indian incursion.
The PLA will challenge any Indian patrols they encounter and block Indian attempts to set up outposts in disputed territory. All to maintain Chinese claims. I don’t think the PLA’s standard rules of engagement even allows them to physically push back the Indians through non-lethal force unless the Indians get physical first.
Standard PLA rules of engagement seems to be to stand their ground if they encounter Indian troops and to block their advance if they try to push further ahead. Physical force is only authorised in self defence if the Indians tries to physically push past the PLA line or physically attack PLA personnel first. That is entirely in keeping with Chinese policy to not throw the first punch.
Simply put, the PLA boarder troops’ roles is to maintain Chinese claims and the status quo, they are not meant to track every Indian solider and challenge them as soon as they come up to the control line. Do you have any idea the insane amount of troops and resources such an undertaking would require?
The main job of PLA boarder patrols is to patrol and challenge any instances where the Indians have cross into Chinese claimed territory, and to timely flag that up the chain of command for Chinese leaders to make a decision on what to do rather than having to react to what some grunt has done of his own initiative, as tend to be the case with India.
The first thing China does when it encounters Indian patrols where they shouldn’t be is to communicate with the Indian command to determine if this was a case of a rouge unit on the Indian side, or if it is a shift in policy by India.
If the Indians start making co-ordinated pushes to try to change the status quo, then that becomes a strategic policy decision for Beijing.
There is good reason why India has not done that for a long time, because last time they tired was 1962, and we all know what kind of response that prompted from Beijing.
Right now there isn’t anything like enough reliable information to determine if this is a major new policy shift from India, or if it’s just more of the same as has happened routinely on the boarder but is getting blown out of all proportions by Indian internet trolls.
I suspect the latter, because it would be exceptionally stupid for India to make a carbon copy set of mistakes as 62. But then, those who forget history is doomed to repeat it, and since India has been doing is level best to re-write the history of 62, it is entirely possible that their leaders are actually that stupid.
But the point is it is silly to try and blame the PLA for perceived failings that was never their mission to start with.
