An Army like India is like an elephant.
The best way to kill it is by acting swiftly and instantly by a 1000 cuts.
But to give it time to stand up and charge...is a very wrong move.
You dont kill an elephant like that.
I have always felt the Chinese like to just intimidate.If they really wanted to attack they wont have waited so long.
This kind of thought process emenates from lack of knowledge of History.
Indian Kings never dealt with China with respect to the negotiations of territories between them and Tibet be it Ahoms in the East, Naplese Kings, Garhwali, Kumaoni kings or Kings of Kashmir.
Negotiation with China with respect to Tibet were started by the British empire, The Chinese ever entered into a definite agreement with the British with respect to Tibet and Xinjiang. Alll the British proposals were either ignored or never replied to. Chinese were never coerced by the British in view of their great game against Russia and subsequently USSR and keep the Chinese happy.
Even after independence, there were hectic parleys between India and China with respect to territorial status. Chinese were always noncommittal and deliberately quite to buy time for consolidating their hold over Tibet. After military annexation of Tibet Chinese got busy with Aksaichin highway,
It was only on its completion in 1959 that they started pushing back and killing Mallik's (Director IB- the Nehru man) CRPF penny post from Haji Launger, Qaratag. Sumdo, Chengchenmo, Spangur, Khranak Fort, Changla and Demchok. They pushed them up to a line which is called 1959 line.
Chinese for sure knew that a military confrontation was a sure consequence. They prepared for that conflict for three years and then suddenly launched an offensive..
In this background tell me your theory of tiger and elephant ?
Let me tell you even now they are just buying time, preparing, crawling forward, stocking up, building roads and then when sure of themselves, they will suddenly launch an offensive.
India has to undertake swift maneuver warfare against the Chinese to upset their long slow maneuvers and render them militarily and diplomatically weak. India must take an advantageous position where it will hurt the Chinese mot and make them recoil from Ladakh. The center of action should be shifted by India after holding actions in Ladakh.
Threaten Yunnan and see that fun... If the British could utilize Stilwell road at Indian expenses why can not India launch an offensive through Dicchu - Kibihu and advance towards Tibet Yunnan Highway...