Could be HUGE if true
Approx 25-30 PLA POWs in our custody now. Misadventure costing dearly?
Great. We need to remove the aura/fear surrounding the PLA. Mostly the Chinese like to win without actually fighting. They try to overawe the enemy and demoralise them hoping that they will retreat in fear seeing supposed Chinese strength.
This is not to say that they cannot or will not fight. But they are no martial race. History is witness to the relatively smaller Japan totally vanquishing them and turning them into slaves. Even the Vietnamese fucked them royally. We have not had a second or repeat invasion of Vietnam by the Chinese.
The average Chinese soldier is probably even less of a fighting force than even the Pakistani soldier. There is no need to be in awe of them or fear them.
They may have more numbers of equipment but what counts is what they can bring into Tibet, a region far away from the Chinese mainland.
Treat them as just another Pakistan albeit bigger. They can be beaten. Also this time we have the Yanks backing us. Once they suffer large casualties all their enthusiasm for bullying /needling India will disappear.