Xi Jinping's absence from the G20 summit in New Delhi in September 2023 underlines the cold China-India relations since the Galwan Valley clash of May 2020. China claims that India has been stalling not only the development of bilateral relations with China but also stalling cooperation at the global level as India focuses heavily on national and border issues. From India's perspective, however, China has infringed on the 1993 Agreement on the Maintenance of Peace and Tranquility along the Line of Actual Control in the India-China Border Areas and the 1996 Agreement between India and China on Confidence-Building Measures in the Military Field along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). In the context of heightened India-China tension in the border areas, Indian specialists describe the National Land Boundary Law of the People's Republic of China (hereafter, the NLB law), which was promulgated in October 2021, as another example of China's legal warfare whereby the regime develops domestic laws to justify its aggressive foreign and military policies. They argue that China is using this law to legitimize its actions and criticize India. However, did China really promulgate the NLB in 2021 to adopt a belligerent stance in border disputes with India? This commentary aims to shed light on the NLB in 2021 by exploring Chinese domestic politics under the Xi Jinping regime.