Is China our new threat or it has been a prominent one throughtout? we have recognized the problem now, is it?

China had been a threat to India throughout. Gone are the days when we used to laugh at products made in china. Our patriotic feelings may make it hard to digest, but china is way ahead of India in most fronts, including military, economy, which count the most. They had their nuclear submarine probably a decade back, as well as the ICBM.  The recent border intrusions are just a glimpse of their over brimming confidence. In the current world scenario, a direct war between any two countries is NOT going to happen by any means. So it will keep poking India. But India needs to handle the situation tactfully. Banning exports are restrictions are not going to help, because no country can afford such things in a globalized world. More over it won’t help, in long term. (Correct me if I am wrong) so it’s better to stretch our own 'line' than to erase the opposite to make ourselves big. A strong political will is a must, which we lack unfortunately. I will just give an example. China has much larger population than India; still it reported much lesser deaths due to swine flu. Reason: it got its whole of the suspected cities locked up/ quarantined for a period to stop the spread. They didn’t spare even one of the US ambassadors. Do we have such grit and determination??