Category: INDIA’S CHINA STRATEGY
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THE HUAWEI HORSE TROJANNING INDIA BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
The Trojan Horse The Achaeans battered their heads against the walls of Troy and were continuously repulsed for a decade. The breakthrough came when they used the Trojan Horse to breach the defenses of Troy through subterfuge and then destroyed the city and slaughtered its people completely. That is an old fable. Nothing new. In…
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Are We Ready Across the Himalayas?
https://bharatshakti.in/are-we-ready-across-the-himalayas-2/ Image Courtesy: scmp.com June 27, 2018; By: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retired) Print Email Editor’s Note Could we encounter a situation when China and India get into a full-fledged war once again. Unlikely, argues the General in his rather detailed analysis of the two countries’ capabilities and military build up. However, that does not rule out…
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Chinese Threat: A Reality Check
https://bharatshakti.in/chinese-treat-a-reality-check/ Image Courtesy: Little India Desk July 07, 2018; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (RETD) Print Email Editor’s Note Force structuring is an outflow of the national interests of the nation combined with the military threats it faces. In the Indian context, we face threats from Pakistan and China. Four conflicts with Pakistan and more than…
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Playing Chinese Checkers In Bhutanese Pastures
https://bharatshakti.in/playing-chinese-checkers-in-bhutanese-pastures/ Image Courtesy: Indian Defence Review July 11, 2017; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retired); 8 Print Email Editor’s Note The eyeball-to-eyeball game continues at the tri-junction with no solution in sight. The Chinese seem to be having problems with every other country with which it shares its land or maritime borders. In each of these cases…
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Slaying The Dragon: Unrestricted Warfare
https://bharatshakti.in/slaying-the-dragon-unrestricted-warfare/ Image Courtesy: NDTV July 24, 2017; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retired); 4 Print Email Editor’s Note The brash Chinese posturing in the South China Sea and Dokalam near the Tri Junction of China, Bhutan and India is a cause for concern for the countries in the region. In fact, Southeast Asian countries are awaiting the…
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The Doklam Stand Off – Some Lessons
Image Courtesy: Swarajya https://bharatshakti.in/the-doklam-stand-off-some-lessons/ August 29, 2017; By: Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retired); 1 Print Email Editor’s Note The stand-off at Sikkim is into its third month now with no signs of abating. Both countries continue to glare at each other with China also ratcheting up a media war to cower India that it considers as its…
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Are We Ready Across the Himalayas?
Image Courtesy: ACravan https://bharatshakti.in/are-we-ready-across-the-himalayas/ April 27, 2017; By: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retired); 7 Print Email ARE WE READY ACROSS THE HIMALAYAS? In Sep 2015, China held a massive military parade in the Tiananmen Square to showcase its growing military might. Since then its actions in the South China Sea have been even more belligerent, to say the…
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A JADE NECKLACE FOR CHINA BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Reality Beyond the Summit With President Xi Jinping in Mamallapuran for an informal Summit with PM Modi it is time to take a realistic look at the Sino-Indian equations. There are a lot of articles appearing on how Sino-Indian bilateral relations should move ahead. No issue with all postulations and the wonderful chemistry between President…
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Keeping China At Bay, Post-Article 370 Abrogation
Original Article @sniwire.com Lt Gen. PR Shankar (Retd) New Delhi 1 September 2019 In 2017, China was flying high. Economy firing on cylinders. Booming growth. CPEC and BRI taking off. Grand military parades in Tiananmen. Impending superpower. USA put on notice. Your time is up. Doklam crisis. The shrillness of Global Times. India will be taught a…
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COUNTERING THE ONCOMING CHINESE ONSLAUGHT BY Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
The second BRI Forum was recently held at Beijing (25-27 Apr 2019). In the first Forum, grandiose plans were announced and BRI took off like a tornado and suffered hiccups. Countries became wary of Chinese debt trap diplomacy and started reviewing their commitments with China. In the second forum, a chastened China had to reassure…
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