"If Indian troops don't withdraw from the southern bank of Pangong Tso Lake, the People's Liberation Army will confront them all winter long. Indian troops' logistics are poor, many Indian soldiers will die of freezing temperature or COVID-19. If a war breaks out, the Indian army will be defeated quickly." These are the words of Hu Xijin, Editor-in-Chief of Global Times, the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party.

The top journalist of China warning that Indian soldiers will die of COVID-19 has been seen as an indirect admission that coronavirus is a bio-weapon that China has unleashed on the rest of the world. Commenting on the highly controversial tweet, Anand Narasimhan, Editor of Network 18, tweeted, "Why is the CCP mouthpiece saying this? Proof that Wuhan Virus is deliberate? A Bio-weapon unleashed by the CCP?"

The Indian opinion-makers are thoroughly giving back to Hu. Vikram Chandra, the senior journalist, wrote, "Umm.. India has 36 years of experience on the highest battleground in the world. I personally filmed Indian soldiers on the Siachen Glacier and the Saltoro Heights way back in 1995. I assure you they will manage just fine in winter!"

Journalist Shiv Aroor sees the tweet by Hu as an indication that the Indian Army is driving China to panic. "Basically a confirmation that the Indian Army’s logistics in the area are good or have gotten better in the last few weeks," he tweeted.