中国对印度发起的心理战主要是通过散布错误信息和操纵媒体，其目标是将印度 — — 一个公共外交能力孱弱的喧闹的民主国家 — — 描述为侵略者，而中国则是被侵略的一方。
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.