Just as Mao Zedong started his invasion of Tibet while the world was preoccupied with the Korean War, so he chose a perfect time to invade India, as recommended by the ancient strategist Sun Tzu. The attack coincided with a major international crisis that brought the United States and the Soviet Union within a whisker of nuclear war over the stealthy deployment of Soviet missiles in Cuba.
正如中国古代军事家孙子所建议的一样，毛泽东选择在全世界都关注朝鲜战争时吞并西藏，同样他也选择了一个完美的时机入侵印度。当袭击发生的时候，正好发生了一个重要的国际危机。由于苏联在古巴秘密部署苏联导弹，美苏两国差点爆发核战。中国宣布单边停火时，美国也刚好正式终止对古巴的海上封锁，从而结束了导弹危机。