Amid the ongoing tensions between India and China over the border standoff in the Sikkim section, state-run Chinese media said that India must be taught a 'bitter lesson' and warned New Delhi that a military conflict with China would inflict 'greater losses than in 1962'.

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The Chinese media's reaction came days after Defence Minister Arun Jaitley asserted that the India of 2017 is different from what it was in 1962.

"The Chinese public is infuriated by India's provocation. We believe the Chinese People's Liberation Army is powerful enough to expel Indian troops out of Chinese territory," said an editorial published in Global Times.

Stating that if New Delhi believes that its military might can be used as leverage in the Donglang area, and that it's ready for a two-and-a-half front war, it is mistaken. The daily said, "We have to tell India that the Chinese look down on their military power. Jaitley is right that the India of 2017 is different from that of 1962 - India will suffer greater losses than in 1962 if it incites military conflicts."

The editorial added that the more unified the Chinese people are, the more sufficient conditions the professionals will have to fight against India and safeguard their interests. "This time, we must teach New Delhi a bitter lesson," it said.

Instead of taking immediate action, the daily claimed, "China still wants to address disputes by peaceful means, a practice that has been maintained for decades, and it is unwilling to face a pattern of confrontation in the border area."

The Chinese media has also accused India of changing arguments several times. "India is acting shamelessly before the international community," it stated.

"India should look in the mirror. It was not able to refute the evidence of illegal border-trespassing and coerced its small neighbour Bhutan to shoulder the blame. India has long treated Bhutan as a vassal state, a rare scene under modern international relations. India's illegal border intrusion is not allowed by international law; besides its suppression of Bhutan must be condemned by the international community," the op-ed said.

Since the standoff on June 6, when the People's Liberation Army destroyed bunkers of the India Army claiming the area belonged to China, Chinese media have carried several pieces blaming India for escalating border tension and "reminding" the Indian Army about the 1962 war.

Of the 3,488-km-long India-China border from Jammu and Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh, a 220-km section falls in Sikkim.