Category: China
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TIME TO SAY GET LOST TO ONE CHINA By LT GEN PR SHANKAR (R)
ALSO PUBLISHED AT https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/22-october-2020/ Expansionist One China China wants the world to repeatedly chant ‘One China’ which is expansionist. China gobbled Tibet, Xinxiang, Inner Mongolia and part of India soon after becoming a People’s Republic. It is now in the process of gobbling up Hong Kong, a sliver of Eastern Ladakh and South China Sea…
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SINO INDIAN LOGJAM : THE WINTER HAUL By Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd)
Also published in the Daily Guardian @ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/15-october-2020/ 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 …
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MYTHICAL DRAGON : REAL PLA By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/05-october-2020/ EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE GIVES YOU CAPABILITY. PEOPLE GIVE YOU ABILITY. THE MAN BEHIND THE MACHINE ALWAYS MATTERS. In any battle, contest or competition it is important to know your adversary. In a previous article I tried to deconstruct the real China lurking behind the mythical dragon. Time to deconstruct PLA. Xi Jinping is…
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MYTHICAL DRAGON, REAL CHINA , PART 2 – STRANGLERS OF CHINA. By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published in the Daily Guardian as a three part series https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/28-september-2020/ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/29-september-2020/ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/30-september-2020/ THIS IS A LONG READ HENCE BEING PUBLISHED IN PARTS…
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MYTHICAL DRAGON, REAL CHINA – PART 1 By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/28-september-2020/ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/29-september-2020/ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/30-september-2020/ AT THE OUTSET – A VERY HAPPY GUNNERS DAY TO MY BROTHERS IN ARMS. MAY OUR GUNNERS SPANK OUR ENEMIES HARD AND PROPER. THIS IS A LONG READ HENCE BEING PUBLISHED IN PARTS. PART 1- MYTHS AND REALITY, CHINESE CHOKERS PART 2 – STRANGLERS OF CHINA PART 3…
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MYTHICAL DRAGON, REAL CHINA (ALL PARTS) By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published in the Daily Guardian as a three part series https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/28-september-2020/ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/29-september-2020/ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/30-september-2020/ THIS IS A LONG READ BASED. IT IS IN THREE PARTS. MORE FACTS ARE PRESENTED HERE THAN OPINIONS. THE PICTURE WHICH EMERGES IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING IMAGINARY DRAGONS AS AGAINST COUNTERING REAL CHINESE. CHINESE REMAIN AS SHORT AS THEY…
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SINO INDIAN LOGJAM : FACTS, RISKS, OPTIONS AND THE SUM OF ALL FEARS By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also Published@ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/19-september-2020/ and CEJOWS @ https://www.cenjows.in/article-detail?id=402 An officer on the LAC recently celebrated his birth day. When asked what was on the menu for his birthday party , he replied ‘Chinese’ and lots of them. Attaboy. That’s called morale. …. An Abridged Tweet. 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…
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SINO INDIAN LOGJAM : AIM , CAPABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS by LT GEN P R SHANKAR(R)
Also Published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/enough-of-sun-tzu-wars-can-be-won-only-by-fighting/ Aims of War I was in IMA, Lt Col Shankar Roy Choudhry (later a General and our COAS) taught us Principles of War, twirling his moustaches. The first and foremost principle he taught – ‘Selection and Maintenance of Aim’. He also introduced the Clausewitzan postulate – “War is continuation of politics by other means”.…
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NO ‘GO’ FOR CHINA IN THE LOGJAM BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/no-go-for-china-in-the-logjam/ As I am posting this, the PLA has put out a tweet that they had to fire in Shenpao Mountains. The game is on! All the best boys. Bash on regardless. You have done us proud. In my article Sino Indian Logjam- A Review, I had assessed that The Chinese situation is not as strong…
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Sino Indian Logjam – A Review By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/25-august-2020/ page 7 and @ https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=381 The Sino Indian standoff is logjammed. All talks and parlays are leading nowhere. Progress is incremental. The long haul will be a test of Indian stamina. Meanwhile experts – national and…
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