Category: Sino Indian Conflict
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Clashless in Ladakh by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The report in Business Standard states that Chinese troops have again crossed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh at several places and that there has been at least one clash between the two sides on the Galwan River. This was reiterated by the author of the report in a video interview. The Indian Army released a statement refuting the report…
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The Generals Speak : Future Of India-China Equations
In this edition of The Generals Speak, Lt Gen Satish Dua, Aadi Achint and I discuss about various issues which will dominate the India China equation in the next five years. The idea was to identify the markers of the equation rather than trying to prescribe as to what should be done. We believed that…
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WILL CHINA ESCALATE THE LADAKH SITUATION
I had a very long and interesting discussion on the current covid situation in a geopolitical context with Aadi Achint. There is no doubt that from the time we had this discussion, things have worsened in Delhi . However, Mumbai seems to be pulling out of it. Also, barring pockets, the rest of India, is…
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Sino Indian Logjam – After the Winter Freeze by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Earlier Articles In Series Sino Indian Logjam – A Review No Go For China in the Logjam Sino Indian Logjam : Aim, Capability and Environmental Analysis Sino Indian Logjam : Facts, Risks, Options and the Sum of all Fears Sino Indian Logjam: The Winter Haul Sino Indian Logjam – The Chinese Three Card Trick…
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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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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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China’s Future Moves: Insidious and Indirect By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published @ Page 6 of The Daily Guardian e paper ( https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/13-july-2020/), @ https://myind.net/Home/viewArticle/chinas-multi-faceted-insidious-and-indirect-moves-to-overwhelm-india , @ https://missionvictoryindia.com/chinas-future-moves-insidious-and-indirect/ and @https://www.cenjows.in/article-detail?id=330 Any Portal / Platform who wants to re-publish this article may contact the author. Current Scenario Earlier, I had written that the Chinese will start talking peace once the odds are against them. The standoffs had only two outcomes. They end…
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Sino-Pak Nexus: Collusivity and Beyond by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Courtesy: Instagram/Govt of Pakistan Sino-Pak Nexus: Collusivity and Beyond Original Article @ https://bharatshakti.in/sino-pak-nexus-collusivity-and-beyond/July 03, 2020; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retd) Print Email Editor’s Note Pakistan Army makes hay as long as the sun shines. Over and above its bid for a 20 per cent pay hike, it’s expanding business interests at a hitherto unforeseen scale. Now they are…
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India's Options to Achieve 'Chini Kam' by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
First Part: India Needs To Have “Chini Kam’ – A SWOT Analysis @https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/06/profound-myopic-vision-consistent-with.html China, while seeking global hegemony, must support military expansionism and an aging population, with a contracting economy, in a deglobalising environment of falling exports, withering manufacturing, collapsing BRI and weak internal consumption. It portends an authoritarian China rapidly reverting to revisionism. Simultaneously,…
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‘SATYAMEVA JAYATE (TRUTH ALONE PREVAILS)’ BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
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