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Xi Jinping is Taking Steps to Avoid any Surprise by the Opposition
Jayadeva Ranade Article

It would be unwise today to discount reports of opposition to Chinese President Xi Jinping. This especially since opposition to him burst into the open first in 2017-2018 when Xi Jinping abolished term limits for the top Party posts at the 18th Party....

June 29, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , Politburo , CCP , PLA , 20th Party Congress , Colour Revolution , political security , princelings
Fears of Colour Revolution in People’s Liberation Army
Jayadeva Ranade Article

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the sword arm of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Its recruits swear an oath of loyalty to the Party. The evening that Xi Jinping took over China’s top three positions of General Secretary of the CCP Cen....

June 17, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CMC , CCP , PLA , political commissar , Colour Revolution , young soldiers
Xi Jinping and CCP Leadership Wary of Colour Revolution before 20th Party Congress
Jayadeva Ranade Article

Anxiety in the leadership echelons of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of the possibility of a "colour revolution" in China has transparently risen in the past month or so. While Chinese cadres, including Xi Jinping, have harboured such apprehension....

June 11, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , PLA , 20th Congress , Colour Revolution , Ministry of Public Security
Will US politics bury or expose truth?
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF Commentary

Respected science writer Nicholas Wade uncovers more. About how the guild of virology obfuscated, the World Health Organisation was suborned, the anti-Trump US media kept silent and the divided US polity let the culprit escape. Being a disciplined wr....

May 28, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , US , PLA , Chinese Military , Media , WHO , COVID-19 , Biden Administration , Wuhan Institute , US-China politics
One Year of Chinese Aggression: Case of Unintended Consequences
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The consequences or outcomes of any deliberate aggression can never be foreseen in exactitude, many will be unintended and many a time unanticipated and with unexpected drawbacks. Indeed, many outcomes will have unexpected benefits, that can f....

May 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , PLA , LAC , Galwan , buffer zones , military talks
Signs of Disquiet in Chinese Communist Party as 20th Congress Draws Near
Jayadeva Ranade Article

Amid efforts by Chinese President Xi Jinping to marshal resources to imprint his image on people's minds as one among those in the pantheon of China's Greats, there are signs of possible disquiet in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The 20th C....

May 19, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , PLA , Hongkong , Deng Xiaopeng , People's Daily , Party history , Tiananmen , Tibetan issues , Wen Jiabao
China’s Cyber-Influence Operations
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… With its growing assertiveness in the international arena, China uses new technologies to achieve its foreign policy goals and project an image of responsible global power … spending billions on influence operations across the world ... fits i....

May 15, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , China , Cyber Security , PLA , Social Media , Intelligence agencies , China Cyber-Influence , Cyber Influence Operations , Non-Intelligence Sources , Digital Media , China’s influence campaign
Eastern Ladakh: NTR - ‘Trust but Verify’ Information!
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Apparently, and correctly, there is a reportage fatigue on Eastern Ladakh, because of the intensification and severity of pandemic and as post 11th Round of Talks at Moldo, in military coinage, there is NTR (nothing to report). Sporadic articles quot....

April 26, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , WMCC , PLA , LAC , Ladakh , Depsang , Pangong Tso , Military Exercises , PPs , Raki Nala
China-Pakistan Strategic Nexus: Implications for India
Jayadeva Ranade Article

The growing China-Pakistan nexus raises the threat to India. Their strategic and territorial interests have been cemented by the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). With the flow of Chinese military power into Pakistan, China veritably straddles....

April 16, 2021 Pakistan , Article , China , CCP , CPEC , PLA , Gwadar , Ladakh , Two Front war , Western Theatre Command , J &K
Agreement on Disengagement on LAC: A Short, Positive, Step Forward…
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Phased, coordinated and verified manner is the operative part of the agreement on disengagement in Eastern Ladakh, commencing with the North and South Bank of the Pangong Tso. It was also accepted that there are still some outstanding issu....

February 15, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , PLA , LAC , Depsang , Galwan , Chushul , 1959 Line , Disengagement Agreement , Kailash Range , Pangong Tso. Spanggur Gap
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