Category: China
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ASSESSMENT OF CHINA’S NATIONAL POWER
Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan (R) carried out a comprehensive assessment of China’s national power. It was realistic and to the point covering all aspects of national power as China lays it out. the major issue which emerges from this assessment is that while China will remain a major power and be consequential to the global…
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PLATINUM JUBILEE OF THE PRC : XI’S BLUSTER
A very engrossing discussion where it emerged that the overall outlook in China is pessimistic. Interesting to note that China has 5 consensuses of what is wrong and 3 disagreements on how to rectify its situation. China is in a cul-de-sac and that is dangerous.
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Coming War With China
War with China is inevitable . It is India’s Gray Rhino event. It is not a matter of Why or If but a matter of when where and how. There are global implications of such an eventuality either way. The GOI seems to be blind to it as we prepare to sleep with our enemy.
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PANIC STATIONS IN CHINA
The bazooka stimulus indicates the panic in China. Externally china appears to be a global behemoth. Internally it is bleeding on multiple fronts. Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan and I discuss various facets of Xi Jinping’s China which has hit all panic buttons it can. if these don’t work we need to contend with a problems…
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The PLA Missile Firing
The recent PLA missile firing is an operational launch and not a development test or a scientific endeavour. It has external and internal implications. This is an initial analysis. It also clarifies the kind of missile used so that we do not attribute ghost like ability to the Chinese.
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China Dream in The Knock Out Zone
The Chinese are in a mess. Their economy is all set to miss their GDP mark. Their property mess seems to have no end. Demographics are in perpetual decline. PLA generals continue to be sacked. Exports are hitting a tariff wall. Truly….China is in a knock out zone.
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Changes in India China Relations
Subtle changes are happening in the India China relations. Mr Sree Iyer and I discuss these changes and explain where India is heading and how we need to handle the India-China relationship.
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Focus on Tibet
Focus on Tibet was a freewheeling and wide ranging conversation on Tibet with Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia (R). We covered a lot of ground. The most important take away was that a combination of myriad factors like China’s collapsing demographics, climate change and succession related issues of HH Dalai Lama will open up opportunities for…
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PRC IN A FIX
PRC in a fix was an outstanding presentation by Maj Gen R Rajiv Narayanan (R). He clearly lays out the internal problems of China which are of a long standing nature. These are not going to go away. Much as it is being projected that China is a global power externally , the internal reality…
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IS XI A LAME DUCK?
Ever since the Third plenum on 15 Jul, Xi Jinping has been away from the sidelines. Recent indications are that there is a pushback internally against him in the CCP. Is he being deliberately sidelined? Is he a lame duck?
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