LOL at people saying 'India has an economic mess and hence wants war" and what not.
First, what economic mess? You mean either the fastest or second fastest growing major economy in the world? The one with highest FII? The one which just last year became 7th biggest economy in the world (nominal) and is the third biggest (PPP)?
And no India isnt going in 'hyper-nationalism' mode or anything. China has continuously pushed both India and other countries by intruding inside their borders, making infrastructure in disputed areas and what not. Only this time they have a big enough country which is also standing up for itself and not backing down.
Its actually almost funny seeing China not having any response to India in the matter. They thought India would back down like always, except it didnt and has no intention of doing so. Chinese know that they simply cant win a war in that theatre with India. India has immense advantages, both numerical and natural, in this theatre. Now China is contorting itself, promising fire and brimstone when they dont have shit. Just last week China sent a 15 page document to India, demanding all kinds of stuff and promising all kinds of retribution, to which India's one liner reply was basically- 'fuck off'.
Full Disclosure: I don't live in India and don't really follow what's going on there, but being of Indian heritage and with parents who do get Indian news channels and do try to follow what's going on there, the second-hand impression I get from them is that the BJP are making a real mess of things, both socially and economically, using dogwhistles and open Facist tendencies to drum up support. Again, this is all second hand.
Yes and China kicked India's ass. Probably why India is smarting for a new war because they are still sore about that loss. Not sure why China is the aggressor here when they are just building a road. Not exactly moving troops in like what India did.
It's in a region disputed between China and Bhutan. Bhutan and India have very strong defensive ties, to the point where they have an "attack on one is an attack on both" treaty. On top of this, the geography of that region apparently makes it a weak point in the Indian border, and so China building a road towards a Bhutan army encampment (and on the other side of that encampment, the Indian border) raised all sorts of alarms within the Indian defense structure.