Category: INDIA’S CHINA STRATEGY
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China on a Prowl by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
It was pretty apparent that China will use technology, diplomacy and its military to revive its economy and also use them to offset its long term problems. Published in The Financial Express @https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/china-on-a-prowl/3052055/ In an earlier article I had opined that in the foreseeable future, the China will exhibit an hard exterior and a brittle interior. It…
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India China Roundup Including Bhutan
In this episode of A Peek Into Everyday China, I delved into important aspects of the India – China equation which is emerging. I also analysed the Bhutan border issue. Got terrific response from the audience.
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YANGTSE AND AGNIVEERS
In Yangtse, the Chinese attempt to capture our post came to nought recently. It put my antlers up on many issues. However one issue continued to nag me – the Agnipath and Agniveer scheme. There is need for introspection and analysis of this issue. Our seasoned, well trained and alert troops with proper drills and…
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‘We Can’t Fall Prey To Chinese Strategy on LAC’
By ARCHANA MASIH , January 02, 2023 10:39 IST Part 2 of my interview with ARCHANA MASIH @ https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/general-p-r-shankar-we-cant-fall-prey-to-chinese-strategy-on-lac/20230102.htm . Part 1 of the Interview is @ https://gunnersshot.com/2022/12/22/an-interview-with-rediff-com-on-yangtse-faceoff/ ‘We must understand that the LAC is a political issue for China, so any action on the LAC will keep India focussed on the LAC which gives China…
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India’s Geopolitical Mandala in 2023. by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also published in The Sunday Guardian @ https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/indias-geopolitical-mandala-2023 2023 is critical for India from many aspects. It has to constantly stave off hostility in its immediate neighbourhood, stabilise turmoil in its near neighbourhood, build on opportunities of its intermediate neighbourhood and strengthen its strategic relationships. A rising India with its dominant location in the Asian…
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An Interview With Rediff.Com on Yangtse Faceoff
‘India is China’s prime military target’ By ARCHANA MASIH December 22, 2022 09:54 IST Published @ https://m.rediff.com/news/interview/india-is-chinas-prime-military-target/20221222.htm ‘On the LAC, China can undertake military action at any place with much fewer resources. It can do ‘salami slicing’.’ “If China enters Taiwan, there’s a chance it might get entangled with the USA, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea,…
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Jaipur Dialogues : A Discussion on China in Hindi
Mr Sanjay Dixit and I had a discussion on China and the looming instability there. We also discussed as to how to tackle China in future.
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China: Instability on the Horizon by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Also Published @ The Financial Express as China: Instability on the horizon A detailed analysis of the state of affairs in China – a nation with the second largest economy at the disposal of a dictator for life in a state of self-induced atrophy is an international problem. November 24, 2022 7:29:19 pm In China, three…
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Sino Indian Border : Stable and Unpredictable by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Published at The Print @ ‘Stable but unpredictable’ border with China is a real risk. India needs a new game plan Chief of Army Staff Manoj Pande has triggered an important thought that demands national attention. India must act like the third pole it aspires to be and avoid conflict. LT GEN P R SHANKAR RETD …
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China’s Strategy in India’s North East By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Published in The Sunday Guardian as Destabilising the Northeast on Chinese Radar Lt Gen PR Shankar Retd Updated November 19, 2022, 9:07 PM The tribes, ethnicities and their issues in the Northeast are such that it takes very little imagination and some funding to stoke a social issue into an instability in a democracy like India.…
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