Category: INDIA’S CHINA STRATEGY
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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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CHINA’S INDIA DILEMMA
As much as we talk about Chinese assertion and offensive posturing against India, there is a reciprocal view emerging. Off late news of India has been on the increase in Chinese media. An analysis of these media articles reveals that China faces an India dilemma. In their thinking they now have to look over their…
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China’s Perception of The Border Problem
We have a clear idea about what we think of our border problem with China is. However we need to understand what China thinks of the border issues related to India and its larger stance. It is only then that we should go ahead with investments from China. We might be compromising on certain core…
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Cold Politics & Hot Economics of Chinese FDI
While there is some consternation and apprehension of the likelihood of Chinese FDI once again entering India, there is equally a debate in China about it. I have presented the Chinese discourse and analysis of FDI into India. There are many angles which we need to cover before Chinese FDI becomes a reality. What is…
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The Stronger Power in 2030 – INDIA or CHINA?
This is a comparative analysis of China and India based on a CNA debate of 2013. I have compared certain key elements of national power to highlight what China and India will look like in 2030.
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India Rebuffs China at SCO Meet
India has roundly rebuffed China at the SCO meet. It was not direct but the messaging was clear. 50% of it was our PMs absence. The other 50 % was about rejecting the Yuan, putting Pakistan in its place and sticking to the border first idea
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DID CHINA INTERFERE IN ELECTIONS?
China interferes in many elections and loses badly. Their interference in our elections was no different. What we need to understand is that China will do its best to interfere in any system that it feels is a threat to its system. Today it ran down the BJP and Mr Modi. Tomorrow if the government…
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Indian Elections and China
So far Xi Jinping has not sent a congratulatory message to our PM. The formal communique from the Chinese government is also conditional to the ‘Three Mutuals’ – mutual respect, mutual interests and mutual sensitivity. Going ahead things will be rocky…and why …see on.
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ASSERTIVE CHINA AND THE LAC
Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma(R), Lt Gen Shokin Chauhan and self had a very interesting discussion on Chinese assertion and how they approach the LAC. The interesting issue is that the Chinese have been assertive on the LAC since long and have also been assertive in our neighbourhood. Hence there is a huge direct and indirect…
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Bhutan : Chinese Designs And Indian Pushback
In this video we have highlighted the strategic importance of the PMs visit to Bhutan and how this is part of the overall pushback against China. We have also explained in detail why China is interested in Bhutan, which offers two tactical pathways to Chinese Strategic aims to inflict a psychological and military defeat on…
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