Category: China
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A Peek Into Every Day China : Decoupling Blues
In April 2021 , I had written ‘When an US president says to his public that ‘China is having our lunch’, he has drawn battle lines. Decoupling on the whole was wishy washy since the countries dependant on Chinese imports were reeling under the pandemic. That is changing, as vaccinations are taking effect. US – China…
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‘We Can’t Fall Prey To Chinese Strategy on LAC’
By ARCHANA MASIH , January 02, 2023 10:39 IST Part 2 of my interview with ARCHANA MASIH @ https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/general-p-r-shankar-we-cant-fall-prey-to-chinese-strategy-on-lac/20230102.htm . Part 1 of the Interview is @ https://gunnersshot.com/2022/12/22/an-interview-with-rediff-com-on-yangtse-faceoff/ ‘We must understand that the LAC is a political issue for China, so any action on the LAC will keep India focussed on the LAC which gives China…
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A Discussion on The Multi Domain Threat to India
This discussion is based on my article Multi Domain Threat Beyond Yangtze @ https://gunnersshot.com/2022/12/29/the-multi-domain-threat-beyond-yangtse-by-lt-gen-p-r-shankar-r/ Aadi and I had an interesting discussion on The Multi Domain Threat to India from China. The QnA was mature and interesting
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The Multi Domain Threat Beyond Yangtse by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also Published in The Financial Express @ https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/the-multi-domain-threat-beyond-yangtse/2930533/ War is politics with blood shed Politics is war without blood shed ……Mao The Yangtse incident, when examined, against the back drop of the politico military objectives of China, Xi Jinping’s persona, decline of China and relative rise of India indicates that India needs to be prepared for the next…
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A Discussion on China on Jaipur Dialogues
Mr Sanjay Dixit and I had a wide ranging discussion on China. We started with the widespread Covid prevalent in China and went on to Sino Indian issues. interesting discussion. Contrary to the popular conception, a long drawn conflict with India could be detrimental to China if the battle is taken into Tibet. That is…
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A Discussion on China’s Covid Waves
Aadi and I had a discussion on the Covid wave sweeping China and the implications over the long term. The Q&A session was great.
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A Peek Into Everyday China : Living With The Virus, Abandoned By The Government
This cartoon from SCMP says it all….However, The headlines and pictures from the past one week say more… This Peek is a sequel to the one @ https://gunnersshot.com/2022/12/18/a-peek-into-everyday-china-victory-into-defeat/ The joke in Chinese media is :- Three men who don’t know one another sit in a prison cell. Each explains why he was arrested:“I opposed Covid…
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Looking Beyond Yangtse
Also Publihsed in The Financial Express @ https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/looking-beyond-yangtse/2927052/ General The recent attempt by PLA to dislodge the Indian piquet at Yangtse is without doubt a plan conceived at the highest level in China. Why did Xi Jinping attempt this? There are many reasons which I have put forth in many of my articles. A successful…
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An Interview With Rediff.Com on Yangtse Faceoff
‘India is China’s prime military target’ By ARCHANA MASIH December 22, 2022 09:54 IST Published @ https://m.rediff.com/news/interview/india-is-chinas-prime-military-target/20221222.htm ‘On the LAC, China can undertake military action at any place with much fewer resources. It can do ‘salami slicing’.’ “If China enters Taiwan, there’s a chance it might get entangled with the USA, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea,…
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DD Dialogue : Decoding Chinese LAC Aggression
Participated in a panel discussion on the Yangtse Incident on DD Dialogue.
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