Category: CHINESE REALITY ANALYSIS
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China Watch : Discussion of Chinese Troubles
This is the first edition of China watch. Aadi and I discuss the main problems that are plaguing China and examine as to where it is taking the country.
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China : Middle Kingdom to Mother Earth by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
For the best part of the last decade we witnessed China’s ‘gravity defying’ rise. The immediate aftermath of the Chinese Virus opened the possibility of a new China Centric global order. In all this fancy talk, people forgot about two guys. Newton and Xi Jinping. Newtons gravitational theory reminds us that whatever goes up fast, comes down…
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China in a Slow Melt : A Discussion
I had a great discussion (Live) with Mr Sree Iyer on China in a slow melt. Article on this subject can be viewed here Gunners Shot Website
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The Peng Shuai Volley by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
A Chinese tennis player throwing a #MeToo accusation at a CCP top level politician is largely an internal affair for China. Such issues are forgotten after some time. However a headline from South China Morning Post on 05 Dec, caught my eye. It said “How Peng Shuai is fanning the embers of China’s #MeToo movement”. Such a head…
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The Hermit and His Bunker by Lt Gen PR Shankar(R)
Previous Articles:- The Chinese Bunkers and Wars @https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/11/the-chinese-bunker-wars-by-lt-gen-p-r.html Chinese Bunker Mentality and Indian Options @https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/11/chinese-bunker-mentality-and-indian.html The tribe of Alexanders, Napoleons, Caesars, Hitlers, Stalins, Maos and many more of this world were men who sought glory for god, empire, nation or people they represented. They audaciously upset any status quo to ruthlessly establish a new…
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Chinese Bunker Mentality and Indian Options by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Earlier analysis on China:- https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/11/the-chinese-bunker-wars-by-lt-gen-p-r.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/11/fire-power-and-artillery-futuristic.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/10/china-fire-breathing-dragon-or-sick.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/10/outlines-of-multi-dimensional-neo.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/09/the-chinese-wobble-part-3.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/mythical-dragon-real-china-by-lt-gen-p.html Pentagon’s report on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China is being analysed widely; mostly from an US perspective. The report has significant issues for India. What is the broader Chinese picture and how does this report fit into the Indian environment ? What is the impact…
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The Chinese , Bunkers and Wars By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
“There is a bunker mentality in China right now” as per a report in New York Times. It strikes a chord. One gets into a bunker either when war is imminent or upon us. So what is the war that China is bunkering into? China took to the Multi Domain War concept like a duck takes to water. It…
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THE REALITY OF CHINA : PART 3 – A DISCUSSION ON XI JINPING AND BEYOND
This is the third and concluding part in the series of Reality of China. The first part was about China’s economy. It can be seen by clicking here . The second part was about China’s demography. It can be seen by clicking here. In this concluding part , Aadi and I discuss the Xi Jinping factor in China, compare…
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THE REALITY OF CHINA : PART 2 – A DISCUSSION ON DEMOGRAPHICS
This is the second in the series of reality of China. The first part was about China’s economy. It can be seen by clicking here . This is a discussion on the demography of China and its impact on economy. military and geopolitics. The question we are asking as everybody else is – will China…
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THE REALITY OF CHINA : PART 1 – A DISCUSSION
China is changing and changing fast. The change is revisionist in nature with a back to basics approach, driven by demographics and ambition – individual and collective. The entire exercise makes China more militaristic and aggressive than before. It is in this context that Aadi and I have embarked on a three part discussion to examine the…

