In a recent development, we have observed a standoff between China and India across the line of actual control (LAC). While such disputes have been happening between China and India for a long period of time this one is different. Different in the sense that it is more of a show of power rather than a territorial dispute. With the rising notion among countries to boycott China due to COVID- 19 and China's existential territorial disputes it would be illogical for China to start another one with one of the most powerful countries in Asia. So why now? Why would someone who has already made enough enemy would like to have another one at such time? Just a week before India has taken control over the Chair of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization where it has supported the notion of initiating probe for identifying the source of the virus and China was not happy. Besides this India as a part of the golden quadrilateral group will be making a new defence treaty with