Year: 2022
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DISCUSSION ON WUHAN : CHINA'S CHERNOBYL
AADI AND I DISCUSS THE VARIOUS ISSUES WHICH MAKE WUHAN EQUIVALENT TO CHINA’S CHERNOBYL. THE DISCUSSION IS BASED ON MY ARTICLE WUHAN : CHINA’S CHERNOBYL VISIT THE GUNNERS SHOT WEBSITE FOR ITEMISED COLLATION OF ALL MY ARTICLES click on home page below
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AN APPROACH TO MYANMAR BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
In my article, Russian Lessons on Neighbourhood First I had highlighted that India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy has been floundering. China has made inroads into most of our neighbours; especially Myanmar which is in chaos – military rule, civil war situation, massacres, ethnic strife, refugees, drug and arms smuggling. A destabilised Myanmar under Chinese influence vs a Sino-Pak collusive […]
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A Discussion on PLA Part 7: How Will PLA Fight
Part 7 of Discussion on PLA. How will it fight? Other Parts can be seen HERE
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Pakistan’s NSP Through Pakistani Eyes
This is another in the series of Excerpts from Dawn : A Peek into Everyday Life in Pakistan When the National Security Policy (NSP ) of Pakistan was released, there were many in India who felt that it was not worth the paper it is written on. The NSP did not offer anything new. The same […]
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Beijing Olympics : Summer vs Winter by Lt Gen PR Shankar (R)
Beijing is the first city to host both the summer and winter Olympics. The summer Olympics were warm and welcomed by the world. The winter Olympics are cold and frigid laced with geopolitical animosity. China will boast that Beijing hosting both Olympics, is an indication of its comprehensive national power and national capabilities. The Games are going to be declared a […]
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Russian Lessons on Neighbourhood First by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
AN OLD CARTOON WITH AN ENDURING MESSAGE The confrontation between Russia and NATO over Ukraine is being analysed for many reasons. To me the most striking issue is the way Russia is managing its neighbourhood. While the fine print of the Russian environment and ours is different, the larger takeaway is important to grasp. There are […]
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Once a Bhikari…
I came across this news item in DAWN …about Imran Khans visit to Bejing…SCMP also reported and published an article yesterday saying that while he was appearing for the winter Olympics , he was also coming with a cap in his hand…nee a begging bowl for assistance from XI Jinping…. Then I came across two […]
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Wuhan: China’s Chernobyl by Lt Gen PR Shankar(R)
“1.4 billion people in China sounds like a lot, but I think in the next 20 years, we will see this bring big trouble to China, and the population decreasing. The speed of population decreasing is going to speed up. Now you called it a collapse. I agree with that” Jack Ma “China is […]
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https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3163525/china-braces-omicron-variant-extends-its-reach-and-lunar-new?module=lead_hero_story&pgtype=homepage The coronavirus is becoming more complex to contain in China, with 14 of the country’s 31 provinces and regions reporting imported cases of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, according to national health authorities. Community cases have also been reported in Henan, Guangdong and Tianjin, complicating efforts in the countdown to the Lunar New Yeartravel rush later […]
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Wuhan: China’s Chernobyl “1.4 billion people in China sounds like a lot, but I think in the next 20 years, we will see this bring big trouble to China, and the population decreasing. The speed of population decreasing is going to speed up. Now you called it a collapse. I agree with that” […]
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