I never believed anything they said from the beginning. I pretty much guessed this because from the bout with Pakistan, I saw first hand how dishonest Indians were and India's just not enough of a competitor for China to be getting nasty with them so I knew they started this and they did so in a position from which they thought they could get away with it.
And this dude:
Difference being that Spartans can actually back up their bravados with martial prowess. They kinda needed to since keyboard and internet won’t be invented for another two thousand years.