Category: GENERAL TOPICS
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Institutional Talk on China's Civil Military Fusion at C3S
This is the recording of a talk I gave on China’s Civil Military Fusion on 16 Jan 22 as part of the Institutional Dialogue at Chennai Centre for China Studies. The Q&A session of the talk was very interesting and thought provoking. The talk is based on an Article I had written earlier @ Civil Military…
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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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C3S Institutional Dialogue on China's Civil Military Fusion
It is indeed a matter of honour and privelege for me to talk at the Chennai Centre for China Studies (C3S) on China’s Civil Military Fusion. The talk will commence at 1700h on 19 Jan 22. The registration links given below. You will be sent a joining link by mail after registration. Register at…
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China Watching : Webinar
I had participated in the webinar on China Watching. The panelists were knowledgeable. The moderator was terrific. The Q&A session was really outsatnding. For any one who is interested in China, I would suggest – watch the recording. One thing which came out very clearly was that China is changing and the China we will…
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OUTLINES OF MULTI DIMENSIONAL NEO-REVISIONISM IN CHINA by LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Revisionism has been a way of life in China for more than a century. China transited from imperialism to nationalism to Maoism to capitalism with socialist principles. It has just embarked on another revision from capitalism to an uncertain form of socialism with an ideological mix of Mao, Marx and Xi Jinping. The current revisionism…
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China in the Bull(y) Shop by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party should have been a great celebration of ‘joie de vivre’ for the Chinese people. There were two shades to it. The media blitz kept promoting the CCP approved version of China’s history. The celebration had great pageantry, pomp and powerful speeches. On one side Xi Jinping delivered a speechhighlighting…
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TSANGPO DAMS : DANGERS TO INDIA AND BANGLADESH by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Recently, I had a long conversation with Mr Srinivas of ‘Hindu Businessline’ who wanted to write an editorial on this issue. He told me that in the 500 odd words of an editorial all facets concerning the subject could not be covered. That is when I decided to pen down the article. This article is not…
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CHINAS STRATEGIC MISCALCULATION: WAR AVOIDANCE TO WAR EMBRACEMENT by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
EVEN PAKISTAN DOES NOT TRUST CHINESE VACCINES! THAT IS HOW UNTRUSTWORTHY CHINA IS! In 2001, I was working on my dissertation during my Higher Command course. I came upon this farsighted thought of Deng Xiaoping. He had said In 1984, “ we hope that for at least twenty years there will not be a war, and hope even more for no war…
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China's Strategic Myopia By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/dragons-strategic-myopia/ @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=329 @https://missionvictoryindia.com/chinas-strategic-myopia/ @https://myind.net/Home/viewArticle/chinas-strategic-myopia/ The Sino Indian military pause is part of a geostrategic continuum. Some domestic and international experts opine that India is cornered and in a pickle. They are as myopic as the PRC planners. Bottom line. It has been China’s choice to come in uninvited. it is India’s choice…
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CORONA THE CHINESE CHERNOYBYL BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
THE DEFINING PICTURE OF THE CHINESE VIRUS A piece of advice. Do not hug a Chinese. Maintain twice the recommended social distance. That, in my vocabulary is the Viral Distance! THE DEFINING PICTURE OF VIETNAM WAR It takes an idea to spark a revolution. The Chinese virus is more than an idea. In Oct 2018,…
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