"China has waged its psywar against India largely through disinformation campaigns and media manipulation, aimed at presenting India—a raucous democracy with poor public diplomacy—as the aggressor and China as the aggrieved party. Chinese state media have been engaged in eager India-bashing for weeks. China has also employed ‘lawfare’, selectively invoking a colonial-era accord, while ignoring its own violations—cited by Bhutan and India—of more recent bilateral agreements."