PLA Major General Jin Yinan, a Professor in China's National Defence University (NDU) and member of the Chinese Communist Party who teaches national security strategy, international conflict and crisis management and is a prolific writer, gave a talk on February 27, 2021. The talk was quite critical of India describing it as "the threat from the west".  At the beginning of his speech, he highlights five flashpoints i.e. Taiwan, Diaoyu Islands, South China Sea, Korean Peninsula and the Sino-Indian border.  Pointing that while the first four are from the sea in the east, only one threat is from the West i.e. India. Briefly recounting the history of India-China relations, Major General Jin Yinan claimed the friendship between Mao and Nehru are well known and it is also well known how India overlooked this bond by showing its evil side too soon. He said Mao was not able to sleep for 10 days and ten nights thinking why would Nehru do this to China. However, in the end, to stop India from nibbling away their territory and to save the motherland China decided to defend itself. He said, "We taught Indians a lesson they did not forget for years to come". He then said "The Galwan valley incident should at least keep President Xi awake for at least three days to think as to why Indians did this and again entered our territory. This has to do with what happened in Doklam in 2017 and the skirmish that lasted for 71 days. The Indian colonel who 'led his battalion to attack us even after the 6 June talks had thought all Chinese have left barring a few and he would attack them taking the tents and soldiers as a trophy back home. However, he forgot how valiant Chinese soldiers and never imagined help would come so quickly'. He also highlighted the importance of Aksai Chin and how having it gives the Chinese an advantage over India. He 'it is only India that has armed personnel and equipment in Asia to give any serious challenge to China. India is the elephant and China is the dragon (dragon fights better)'. India’s attitude, he pointed out, is of extreme importance. 'We are not happy that India has not joined the BRI, but we must take note that India has not joined the US’s NATO (the US is unhappy)'. So, by not joining both these alliances, it is clear that India has an independent foreign policy and thinks on its own. Reiterating that China will defend its land from the Indians, but needs to defuse the tension with India so that hostile countries do not win it over, he added that it is necessary to remember that Modi 'has never spoken ill about China himself and has made efforts to meet President Xi after 2017'.

In conclusion, he stated that the 'India-China border has issues but we can control the problem, we are more powerful than India but we should not take advantage of it'.

(Comment: While the general tenor of the talk is not jingoistic, it does pointedly refer to India as the "threat from the West". His points too are in line with the official Chinese narrative, but he carefully positions China as a major power that can pressure India when it chooses. In contrast, in Indian military training establishments China is not described as a "threat" or "enemy".)