"Curiously, the enemy most often spoken of is India"

As reported by David Miller Smith in Pakistan Daily:

India is the country that is spoken of most often as an enemy in China, a British newspaper reported Sunday, but quoted a retired Chinese officer as saying the men serving the People's Liberation Army (PLA) have no “devotion”.

“Compared with our last war against India in 1962, our equipment is much better.

In an article on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic, the paper said the occasion is set to be marked by the “grandest martial parade in the history of modern China”, with displays of a new generation of fighters, ballistic missiles, battle tanks and rifles.

“Thursday's parade is certain to provoke an outpouring of virulent nationalism. Curiously, the enemy most often spoken of is India,” the paper said.

Censors, otherwise draconian in their grip over Chinese netizens, permit “alarmingly frank discussion” on the internet on going to war against India over Tibet.

China's People's Daily newspaper declared Friday: “We must abide by (former Chinese leader) Deng Xiaoping's instructions that China must be under the leadership of the Communist Party.