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The Psychology of Chinese Decline
New Delhi, India Written By: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)Updated: May 08, 2024, 10:51 PM IST Available at WION https://www.wionews.com/opinions-blogs/the-psychology-of-chinese-decline-719425 STORY HIGHLIGHTS In the past one year, there has been a growing awareness that China has sleepwalked into a situation where the clock has stopped ticking. People write that the worst curse for any nation’s future would…
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Is Xi Jinping Ready To Go To War? By Lt Gen P R Shankar
Published in News 9 live @ https://www.news9live.com/world/is-xi-jinping-ready-to-go-to-war-2509613 A calculated risk taker , he won’t audaciously enter into a conflict in which China can lose. Xi Jinping’s China Dream is to rejuvenate the great Chinese nation as he prepares China to deal with worst-case scenarios, withstand high winds, choppy waters, and even dangerous storms. He also wants to increase…
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Chinese Perceptions of India By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
India’s revocation of Article 370 and promulgating Ladakh as a Union Territory has raised concern and reinforced views of ulterior Indian designs on China. Relations between India and China are rapidly changing. In the recent past there have been some articles from both China and India which highlight this change. In one strain, Chinese authors opine that…
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Thoughts on Defending Taiwan By P.R. Shankar
Published in the Taipei Times @ https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2024/03/16/2003814987 on 16 march 2024. It is well known that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) ambition is to rejuvenate the Chinese nation by unification of Taiwan, either peacefully or by force. The peaceful option has virtually gone out of the window with the last presidential elections in Taiwan. Taiwanese,…
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China ‘Tightens Screws’ On Its Military; Stringent Rules For Top PLA Commanders Harsher Than Mao Era
OPED by Lt Gen. PR Shankar (Retired) The Eurasian Times @https://www.eurasiantimes.com/china-tightens-screws-on-military-stringent-social/ The dictum in the Communist Party of China from the days of Mao was that the Party must control the Gun. All leaders, past and present have endeavoured that the PLA is kept under political check. Xi Jinping has taken this dictum to a new…
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