- 23 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityPLA
Success or Failure: Beijing Winter Olympics Is Bad News for the World
Fourteen years ago, China conducted the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The games were a success, and the biggest beneficiary was Xi Jinping. He was Vice President of China and…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)
Ghost of Galwan Returns to Haunt China
The Ghost of Galwan returned to haunt China and the People's Liberation Army (PLA), just as China prepared to showcase the controversial opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics 2022 at…
By Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia (Retd)
China’s Invasion of Taiwan – Opportunity for India
Today China has over 350 ships and submarines (130 major surface components), numerically making it the largest Navy globally. These extraordinary Chinese naval expansions are not there to recreate the…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)
Olympics-India won’t send diplomat after Games ‘politicized’ by China
By Alasdair Pal and Iain Axon NEW DELHI/BEIJING (Reuters) - India said on Thursday it would not send its top diplomat in China to the opening ceremony of the Winter…
Xi Jinping’s Record Promotion of Generals – Loyalty or Insecurity?
Chinese President and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi Jinping, promoted seven officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to the rank of General on January 21,…
By Vikram Sood
China returns Indian citizen at disputed border
BEIJING (Reuters) -China has returned an Indian citizen who "illegally" entered into Chinese territory across LAC between the two Asian giants, a military official said on Thursday. Thursday's announcement from…
Galwan – China Got it Wrong, Again!
Global Times, owned by the ‘People’s Daily’ the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist party (CCP), tweeted on the new year “In the Galwan Valley near the border with India, under…
By Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia (Retd)
In the New Year China Initiates Its Well-known Strategies
2022 began with a couple of events occurring at the Line of Actual Control (LAC). An exchange of sweets at some of the friction points took place reportedly after a…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
India’s Offensive Against China Should Be in the Grey Zone
Grey zone is not a fixed concept but a hypothetical place between peace and war. Until now grey zone activities were generally restricted to psychological warfare, subversion of political systems,…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)
Factional Infighting in Chinese Communist Party
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) often comes across as a homogenous group to those studying China. This united front, however, is a carefully cultivated image that the CCP portrays –…
By Vikram Sood
The Chinese Taliban
No, it is not about terror, though that is the first thing which may come to mind while reading the title, as it is synonymous with Taliban. What an irony…
By Brigadier P Binuraj (Retd)
When India Goes to War With China
It is an open secret that China challenges everything India sets its eyes on, be it cooperation with Quad partners (the United States, Australia, Japan), international organizations like United Nations,…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)
