I disagree, I think China can easily beat India. Both in war and deception.
China has already been back stabbed by India in 1959 when they hosted the Tibetan government in exile. They continued to host them for over half a century.
Then back stabbed again, via Nehru's forward policy in 1962, leading to the Sino-Indian war.
The CCP is prepared for any more back stabbing coming from that direction.
my point is why are you going to let someone back stab you when you know before handed that the person will back stab you. prevention is better than cure. we are we deluding ourselves? why the govt is not letting the nation become aware of Indian threat even after India attended Nobel ceremony, when indian think tanks are talking about regime change (go to youtube you will find the talk shows), when india is officially saying Tibet is not part of China? China needs an offensive defense strategy and mental preparation for war. Speeder 2 posted a nice post addressing Gambit in another thread. the house is on fire and the Chinese govt doesn't want to believe in it. as long as I don't find reasonable answers, I assume the govt is deliberately deceiving the nation and China's allies. you see, you know this very well, DPRK no longer trusts the Beijing Govt.