Category: China
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TRUMP ADMINISTRATION , INDIA & CHINA : A CLAWS PODCAST
An esteemed panel of experts analyze the geopolitical shifts, security dynamics, and economic ties that define this era. Featuring Shri M K Narayanan (Former National Security Advisor), Lt Gen Dushyant Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Retd) | DG CLAWS, Amb Harsh V Shringla (Former Foreign Secretary), Maj Gen Ravi Murugan, PVSM, AVSM (Retd) | DA to Washington,…
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China’s Strategic Misperception of India
India’s policy toward China the rest of Modi’s term in office will be to continue to adhere to the “3 NOs”: dare not confront, do not want to be neutral, do not want to follow. This is the kind of internal writings in China.
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An Examination of Conventional Weapons Technology of PLA
By Lt Gen PR Shankar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (R) Published in Strategic Reflections, 2024 by CENTRE FOR LAND WARFARE STUDIES (CLAWS), OCT 2024, SABRE & QUILL PUBLISHERS, NEW DELHI. Pages 203- 221 General Transformation of the PLA began with ‘four modernisations’ under Deng Xiaoping. Since then, China has been consistently enhancing its defence expenditure in order to…
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DeepSeek, DeepFake or DeepState?
These are my initial ideas about DeepSeek which has rattled the world of AI. A new game in AI has begun and will play itself out. Two factors are clear. Firstly. This is a Chinese App and needs to be treated on par with TikTok – Banned in India. The security implications are simply too…
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CHINA’S STRATEGY OF INDIRECT APPROACH TO CONTAIN INDIA
China is very clearly adopting a strategy of indirect approach as propounded by Sir Liddel Hart to contain India. Having failed to enforce a military solution on India for the past four years and seeing the threats developing on its other fronts combined with internal difficulties, China is using Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka…
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WILL THE THIRD STIMULUS WORK TO STOP THE DOWNSLIDE IN CHINA?
The first two stimuli have not worked in China. Rhodium group puts China’s GDP growth at 2.4-2.8% only. If one had invested in Chinese stocks over a five year period, it would have resulted in a net loss. China’s 10 year bond yields have hit all time lows. The CPI is barely 0.2% as the…
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SIX INCAPABILITIES OF PLA
The PLA has six new incapabilities. Just think. It always has new soldiers, new leaders, new roles, new battlefields, new equipment and new organisations. Sandeep Unnithan and I discussed these issues in detail. When seen in the correct perspective it emerges that the PLA is not that strong as it is made out or makes…
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China’s Politico Military Strategy In 2025
Xi has deep anxieties on many fronts – economic, diplomatic, demographic and military. China now face four military fronts in Korea, Taiwan, South China Sea and India. It does not want to get into a two front situation. It has failed to enforce a military solution on India. USA is redeploying and reinforcing forces in…
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CHINA 2024 : ON A LIMP
China’s big bet on technology will not revive its fortunes as its property sector continues to sink further. The interesting thing is that two new factors of downward pull have emerged – involution and social unrest. Consumption, the likely saviour of China is elusive as its population keeps sinking and its military edge keeps getting…
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FOUR YEARS ON THE LAC IS CHINA’S DEFEAT
The PLA spent four years on the LAC to go back to the points where it started from. What did it achieve? In my opinion – DEFEAT. I have elucidated it in this video. The events of the past four years have been examined against the background of China’s historical actions in Korea, India(62), Vietnam,…
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