Category: China
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A Discussion on China With Aadi
Aadi and I got around to discussing China after a long time. Interesting issues have come up. China is changing. Its dominant role in international affairs is under the pump and it is trying to find a new normal for itself – externally and internally.
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A Peek Into Everyday China : Emergence of the Fairweather Friend by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
China has become more assertive in its global forays despite a visibly slowing economy. The reasons for a slowing economy are many…omicron, failed common prosperity, reality melt down, isolation, ageing, internal politics, supply chain disruptions, higher input costs and more. Historically, Communist China has been assertive and aggressive when it was it was at its…
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Discussion on China
This interesting discussion with Aadi is a follow up on my article @https://www.gunnersshot.com/2022/06/a-peek-into-everyday-china-geostrategic.html?m=1. After we recorded this session, I read two articles on China which substantiate what we discussed. These are @ https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3180352/how-economic-slowdown-and-zero-covid-threaten-chinas-global?module=lead_hero_story&pgtype=homepage and https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3180757/lockdowns-and-tiananmen-amnesia-why-beijing-isnt-ready-chinese?module=opinion&pgtype=homepage Happy Viewing
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A Peek Into Everyday China : The Geostrategic Forays by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
In my last two editions of A Peek Into Everyday China : Dragon on a Drip , Part 1 and 2,( @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2022/06/a-peek-into-every-day-china-dragon-on.html and https://www.gunnersshot.com/2022/04/a-peep-into-everyday-china-dragon-on.html). I had outlined the economic difficulties which China was facing. One person commented on the articles and felt that I was ‘over optimistic’. However these articles are about getting the mood inside China based on…
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A PEEK INTO EVERY DAY CHINA : DRAGON ON A DRIP PART 2 by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Part 1 @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2022/04/a-peep-into-everyday-china-dragon-on.html The Chinese virus after travelling all over the world has returned to its motherland. The virus wants to stay with the future superpower which is going to rule the world. By the way, the intelligence is that the virus loves the weather and environmental conditions in China and considers it the best place…
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Discussion on China on P Gurus
This was a very interesting discussion I had with Mr Sree Iyer on understanding China from a different non military non economic perspective. The Q&A session indicated to me that we need to study far more and increase our awareness of the country in case we have to deal with it more effectively.
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China : Back to the Future by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
In January a top Chinese economist has remarked “Given the serious economic slowdown we are currently facing, the day China surpasses the U.S. is moving away, not coming closer’. This was recently echoed by Kevin Rudd, ex PM of Australia in an interview. It prompted me to take a different look at the…
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Xi Jinping At Cross-Roads: Politico-Military Victory Against Taiwan Or India Unattainable By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Originally Published @ Bharatshakti.in Xi Jinping At Cross-Roads: Politico-Military Victory Against Taiwan Or India Unattainable May 07, 2022; By: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd) Print Email Editors Note :- With the Chinese incursions in Eastern Ladakh now into its third year, at Bharatshakti.in we decided to ask a few professionals to pen their assessments on issues that…
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CHINA : A VULNERABLE SUPER POWER by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Earlier articles on China:- https://www.gunnersshot.com/2022/02/wuhan-chinas-chernobyl-by-lt-gen-pr.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/12/a-peek-into-everyday-china-drivers-and.html https://www.gunnersshot.com/2022/01/china-middle-kingdom-to-mother-earth-by.html When the Ukrainian war broke out, the conventional wisdom said that there is only one country that stands to emerge victorious : China. Two months into the war and with the resurgence of the Wuhan Virus, that is very uncertain. The Virus and Ukraine seem to be…
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The Virus and China : A Discussion
Aadi and I discuss the evolving situation in China as its home grown virus is sweeping across the country and is playing catch up…
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