Category: China
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Decoding 'Normal' between India and China by Tara Kartha and Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also Published as India-China SCO ‘cold war’ shows we have different ideas of normality—military or economic @ The Print Perhaps it is time to take a page or two from the Cold War textbooks, suitably translated into an Asian language of choice. TARA KARTHA and LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETD) File image of PM Narendra…
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UN Membership to Protect Taiwan By Lt Gen PR Shankar (R)
Also Published in India in The Financial Express as UN Seat for Taiwan Previous Article in Taipei Times : Combat China Through India Ties UN membership to protect Taiwan Published in the Taipei Times By P.R. Shankar Taiwan is a fully functional democracy with a constitution and democratically elected leaders. Over the past seven decades its political…
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China and Colour Revolutions by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
China and colour revolutions also published @ The Financial Express The term “colour revolution” has its roots in protests that toppled unpopular regimes in former Soviet states and the Middle East since early this century. Colour revolutions are street level uprisings which have led to regime change in supposedly democratic but actually authoritarian states. They…
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India's Evolving Status Post SCO Meet : A Discussion
Aadi and I had a very lively discussion on India’s evolving status in the post SCO times. We discuss how India has gone beyond neutrality to being a emerging pole in global affairs whose weight counts. The Q&A session was very mature and devoid of hype.
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A Peek Into Everyday China : Seven Peanuts For My Pet Monkey
MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL WHO IS THE BIGGEST MONKEY OF THEM ALL? My monkey is at it again…its comments indicate that China is GDP obsessed. From its comments I also get the feeling that it thinks that it is only Chinese who have a superior IQ and brains and that Indians are living in…
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DISENGAGEMENT AND SCO MEET : A DISCUSSION
AADI AND I HAD A LIVELY DISCUSSION ON THE DISENGAGEMENT AT PP15 AND ITS CONNECT WITH THE SCO MEET
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Decoupling From China : A Live Discussion
Aadi and I had a live discussion on the factors which are driving the decoupling of China from global supply chains. It was followed by some good questions. Ms Tara Kartha came up on the show and really motivated us with her comment. Thank you madam.
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Combat China Through India Ties By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Home Editorials Sun, Sep 04, 2022 page8 Combat China through India ties By P.R. Shankar China has multiple territorial and maritime disputes with many nations. However, its most important disputes are with Taiwan and India. These disputes are not merely territorial, but hegemonistic and expansionist in nature. They are also part of China’s larger design…
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MY PET MONKEY by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
I have recently acquired a pet. It is a Chinese monkey. You will wonder how I got it. It is a special gift for me all the way from China. You will also wonder why I have been chosen for this special gift. Well. I have been airing my thoughts freely on the Chinese ailments on Gunners…
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A Peek Into Everyday China: Victory, Tang Ping and Chernobyl by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Sowing panic among consumers and businesses is the price China is willing to pay to maintain its zero-tolerance approach to the virus. Public health objectives – which reflect the government’s unwavering resolve to avoid mass fatalities in a nation with relatively low vaccination rates among the elderly and less effective vaccines – have long trumped economic goals.…
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