China will not fight a full fledged or even limited war with India. They know this to be a fatal mistake. A full fledged or limited war between India or China only benefits one country: America. How so? India and China would be engaged in a slugfest of a war, and whoever comes out on top, both the countries will be damaged and set back 50 years.
Now now, the reason China will not engage in this misadventure is not because they have any care for our economic and global status, on the contrary, they actively want to weaken us. But they don’t want to suffer losses while doing so. Instead, the Chinese have come up with a master plan to take what they feel is their appropriate claim lines; salami slicing. AKA- they will infiltrate during the winter and start patrolling no man’s land, while simultaneously distracting us with talks, while they build up and then launch a local offensive under the guise of self Defence. This is what happened in Galwan in 2020. The way the PLA were equipped in the videos makes it clear they were prepping for a brawl. If y’all do not remember, in April and May of 2020, there were reports of Indian and Chinese patrols clashing, and the Chinese were accusing us of aggression, even though they are the ones committing it.
They enjoy a logistical advantage over us in Ladakh, so this will work there. In Arunachal, well, Doklam and the Tawang 2021 clashes were a clear Indian victory, and even the Chinese admit we got the better of Doklam in an article.