Zhou had a stupid idea.
Ar3 must raise the white flag to get back their military assets, otherwise we kept the assets. This is war and rules of war should be followed.
Zhou's stupid idea is interpreted as showing weakness from the eyes of Indian and westerners.
The so-called raising green flag in a truce negotiation is a joke and it is never used before and after the stupid Chinese style truce. It simply makes no sense to the other warriors in the world----what the heck are you doing by raising green flags? And it has NOT solved the China-India national boundary problem.