Fighting either Pakistan or China now is of no benefit to us even if our economy was strong and on track.
The Pakistanis are busy imploding, so we only need to apply pressure whenever needed and at the right place, like the LoC. The Chinese are also doing a very good job shooting themselves in the foot while dragging their unwilling poodle along in the mud with them.
By banning Chinese apps, the Chinese most likely never imagined we will destroy their most important weapons. And the domino effect of this is entirely unimaginable. Imagine what will happen once the US joins in, and all the countries that follow.
In India, although even Chinese phones are used to steal data, it's mostly the middle class and poor who use such phones, whereas the rich get flagships of non-Chinese companies. But the rich end up using Chinese apps and get their data mined in the process. This will put an end to that.
As far as I'm concerned, we have already won this battle. The ground situation will change once winters sets in. What I'm hoping for is this has to become a permanent part of our diplomacy, and should not be linked to the LAC anymore. We have incredibly created a whole new LAC in the digital domain with just this one move, completely independent from the Himalayan LAC and we have to fight to control this new digital LAC.
