Why not? The Indians don't have any comparable melee weapons what so ever. These swords and spiked clubs will guarantee Chinese supremacy in hand to hand combat. The Indians could try bayonets I guess but this might be considered firearm usage.
I will elaborate, think of the weapon usage over time as an escalation matrix.
We (India and China) started with shoving and pushing, and then clubs were brought in. We then moved to weapons meant to seriously injure and incapacitate - clubs with nails and now to Guan Dao and pole weapons that are meant to kill. You can realise where the matrix is going right ?
In corporate strategy, as with any other competitive environment, the best way to deal with a competitor, while engaging in a threat escalation matrix, is by not match them when they decide to progress upwards to a more serious form of threat, but to beat them to the next step and start dictating terms.
The idea is to isolate achievable options for the foe, which would be limited to either climbing down- a sign of wanting to deescalate, matching you - a sign that the foe understand that the next higher step is critical and should not be taken, or climb further up - a sign that the foe is willing to fight with everything.
Now you as a chinese poster, would be passionate in defending your country, but try and be objective and see the game being played.
India has been a timid, non-confrontational mimic, in terms of matching chinese moves to avoid conflict, while hoping diplomacy would avoid warfare. I can see the signs of strategy now coming to play
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