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From: Sanjeev Nayyar
From: Sanjeev Nayyar
Reading the Global Times it is clear that Mind Games are a clear part of China's 2018 India Strategy. No wonder GT has a separate section for India. They want to weaken Indian resolve. Having said that some points are well made and a reality check for over-enthusiastic Indians.
1. Why Xinping's China is so belligerent? 23.1.18 by Kanwal Sibal https://www.dailyo.in/politics/china-xi-jinping-donald-trump-diplomacy-south-china-sea-obor-cpec/story/1/21914.html
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has shown that the US could be defied with little consequence. North Korea's Kim Jong-un has treated Trump's tweet bluster with rants of his own, and in the face of the dangerous complexities of the situation in the Korean peninsula, the US is compelled to seek China's help in controlling the worst from happening. Even South Korea is defying the US calls to isolate and sanction the North Korean regime.
1a. U.S. Courts Vietnam, Indonesia to counter South China Sea 23.10.18 https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/US-courts-Indonesia-Vietnam-to-counter-China-in-Indo-Pacific
2. Pak firing, fuels and pumps destroyed 23.1.18 http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/pak-firing-posts-fuel-ammunition-dumps-destroyed/
SN – India is escalating border firing, not only its own doing. Are border firings the only way to deal with Pakistan. What about stopping Trade at Wagah Border?
3. DOKLAM Phase 2 will test India more than phase 1 23.1.18 MINT editorial http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/5ZTEKWGtdv0M6A0BWM7g1L/Doklam-phase-II-will-test-India-more-than-phase-I.html
4. Pakistan's Dam despair 23.1.18 by Priyanka Singh https://idsa.in/idsacomments/pakistan-dam-despair-diamer-basha-Dam_psingh_230118
Pakistan's determination to build the Diamer Basha Dam (DBD) project with indigenous funding may prove even more difficult than obtaining foreign funding.
5. India can't become global economic giant until domestic multinationals flourish 22.1.18 http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1086068.shtml To accelerate its economic growth, India needs its own high-quality companies, and to have its own top-tier multinationals, India needs to cultivate a more open environment for entrepreneurship.
6. Ghani's admission and Afghan conflict 23.1.18 https://tribune.com.pk/story/1615342/6-ghanis-admission-afghan-conflict/
7. China's domestically made aircraft carrier better than India's: military experts 22.1.18 http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1086000.shtml
8. US no longer predominates in South China Sea 22.1.18 OPED http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1086049.shtml
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1 comment:
China has become more belligerent/nationalistic because its economy has slowed down, and therefore China's ruling regime needs to use nationalism and territorial conflicts to rally the Chinese people to its side. Let's remember that this is a regime which requires the army to swear allegiance to the regime rather than to the country - their real fears and priorities are then quite clear - when you're ruling over that many people, you're in a sense 'riding the tiger'. Likewise, because Pak fears the restless Pashtuns that it tries to deflect them into Islamist nationalism.
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