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Quo Vadis Xi and PLA?
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Quo Vadis Xi and PLA?

If one were to delve into the history of China until 1976, when Mao Zedong one of the greatest mass murderers of all time passed away, there is the story of the greatest human tragedies of modern contemporary history. However, all that changed in 1976 after Mao’s passing as China began a new path toward prosperity under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping who followed the principle of the “Peaceful rise of China” and Hide your strength, bide your time.” But to make a long story short, all that Changed under the present leadership of Xi Jinping who is using the People Liberation Army (PLA) as a continuation of his politics.  The book The Dragon’s Bite: Strategic Continuum and Chinese PLA’s Evolving Fire and Teeth written by retired Major General Rajiv Narayanan ...
Is China Preparing for War?
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Is China Preparing for War?

Xi Jinping's declaring the US as its adversary, calling on private businesses to serve China’s military and strategic aims and talking of re-unification of Taiwan, hint at China preparing for war. New law to activate reserved forces, amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law for the Military during wartime, the Opening up of military recruitment centres across the country, upgrading air-raid shelters and emergency hospitals, and a huge increase in its defence budget - all indicate China's preparation for war. Chinese President Xi Jinping wove the theme of war readiness through four separate speeches that he delivered at the annual meeting of the Chinese Parliament and its top political advisory body that was held in March 2023. Out of these four speeches, one was delivered to the de...
Huge Increase in China’s defence budget – What it means for India and the World
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Huge Increase in China’s defence budget – What it means for India and the World

The world needs to be prepared for the long term and when China opts for military adventurism, countries like India, the US and Taiwan need to be prepared to take counter-measures.    ‘World-class military force’ at par with US armed forces by 2050 is the promise made by Chinese President Xi Jinping to his countrymen. To fulfil this ambitious goal, China has increased its defence budget. This is the eighth consecutive year that China has pushed its military budget to reach its ambitious goal. This time China hiked its defence budget from 1.45 trillion yuan to 1.55 trillion yuan, which is an increase of 7.2 per cent. Last year’s budget was increased by 7.1 per cent, marginally lower than this year’s hike. However, this consecutive hike in the defence budget looks different whe...
China’s Military Modernization game in Ladakh – China-Pakistan Nexus & India’s Way
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China’s Military Modernization game in Ladakh – China-Pakistan Nexus & India’s Way

China is accused of being a copycat manufacturer of cheap defence products at its mid- and small-sized private companies, giving the PLA more choices at lower costs. China's latest and fully home-manufactured utility helicopter, the Z-20, made its long-expected first public appearance under the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Tibet Military Command. Chinese self-produced unmanned helicopters were recently equipped to PLA's Tibet Military Command troops at the border with India. China's new-generation off-road assault vehicles with intelligent equipment have been commissioned to PLA's border defense troops stationed in Southwestern Tibet. China has started building an unmanned intelligent research mothership expected to conduct marine surveys by coordinating with drones, unman...