Category: China
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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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India, Tibet and China : The Way Forward . Part 3 – A ‘Needles in Haystacks’ Policy for India by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Before you read further I would recommend that you read the background to this article which is available in the links below THE BASIC ARTICLE : CHINA’S FIVE INSTABILITIES PART1- CHINESE DESIGNS : ILLEGAL AND COERCIVE PART 2 – TIBET : TANGLED AND HELPLESS PART 4 – OUTLINES OF A TIBET POLICY => A very crucial message…
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India, Tibet and China : The Way Forward . Part 2 – Tibet : Helpless and Tangled By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
When Indian and Tibetan flags were waved at the funeral of Company Leader Nyima Tenzin of Special Frontier Force who died during the Kailash Range operations , there was widespread belief that ‘Tibet’ issue will be leveraged. It was short-lived due to haziness in Indian thinking, absolute clarity in China and a return to resigned helplessness amongst Tibetans…
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India, Tibet and China : The Way Forward . Part 1- Chinese Designs: Illegal and Coercive By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
THE BASIC ARTICLE : CHINA’S FIVE INSTABILITIES NEXT IN SERIES PART 2 : TIBET : HELPLESS AND TANGLED PART 3 : A NEEDLES AND HATSTACKS POLICY FOR INDIA PART 4 : OUTLINES OF A TIBET POLICY When Indian and Tibetan flags were waved at the…
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CHINA’S FIVE INSTABILITIES by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
THE NEXT ARTICLE : INDIA TIBET AND CHINA : THE WAY FORWARD IN FOUR PARTS PART 1 : CHINESE DESIGNS : ILLEGAL AND COERCIVE PART 2 : TIBET : HELPLESS AND TANGLED PART 3 : A NEEDLES AND HATSTACKS POLICY FOR INDIA PART 4 : OUTLINES OF A TIBET POLICY …
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CHINESE ARTIFICIAL SUN IN CORRECT PERSPECTIVE by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Recently an article appeared with the headline China Turns On Nuclear-Powered ‘Artificial Sun’ . It describes how China has successfully powered up its “artificial sun” nuclear fusion reactor for the first time. It is reported as China’s largest and most advanced nuclear fusion experimental research device. The article makes it appears as if China has broken…
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XI FAST FORWARDING PLA INTO WARS OF ‘WHO IS THE BOSS’ by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R
The Chinese White Paper on Defence , July 2019 (China’s National Defense in the New Era) lays down the following goals :- Generally, achieve mechanization by 2020 with significantly enhanced informationization and greatly improved strategic capabilities. Comprehensively advance the modernization of military theory, organizational structure, military personnel, and weaponry and equipment in step with the modernization of the…
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THE CHINESE MEDIA SOAP ON ITS THREE CARD TRICK by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
THE CHINESE MEDIA SOAP ON ITS THREE CARD TRICK Ever since my last article on the Chinese Three Card Trick, there have been a set of events – seemingly unconnected but enough to set me thinking. Things did not jell. I shared my apprehension with Lt Gen Ata Hasnain also. We concluded that one will have…
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SINO INDIAN LOGJAM – THE CHINESE THREE CARD TRICK by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Earlier Articles In Series Sino Indian Logjam – A Review @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/08/sino-indian-logjam-review-by-lt-gen-p-r.html No Go For China in the Logjam @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/no-go-for-china-in-logjam-by-lt-gen-p-r.html Sino Indian Logjam : Aim, Capability and Environmental Analysis @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/sino-indian-logjam-aim-capability-and.html Sino Indian Logjam : Facts, Risks, Options and the Sum of all Fears @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/sino-indian-logjam-facts-risks-options.html Sino Indian Logjam: The Winter Haul @https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/10/sino-indian-logjam-winter-haul-by-lt.html As Ladakh…
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THE GLOBAL ORDER IS BROKEN! LONG LIVE THE NEW GLOBAL ORDER! BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/the-global-order-is-broken-long-live-the-global-order/ Everything Comes in Threes! Three gentlemen broke the world order. Xi Jinping’s surrealistic ambition of Chinese world domination and aggressive behavior was unacceptable to the world. Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ plan forced USA to walk away from global leadership. Johnson’s ‘Brexit’ broke EU solidarity and dashed hopes of an alternative…
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