Ladakh Flash Point
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The key thing to remember is what happened after the 1962 Sino-Indian war.
The Indian establishment couldn't afford to admit that India started the war and the absolute incompetence of the government and military in fighting that war, as per the Brooks-Henderson report.
At the time, India was at risk of disintegrating into different countries.
So it was better for the government, military, media and business to create a propaganda narrative that an aggressive China launched an unprovoked attack on India. That shifted blame from India to China, and also helped solidify Indian nationhood.
But now, the rational members of the Indian establishment are trapped by that Sinophobic narrative which has been pushed as the media mainstream for over 50 years now. And remember that the average Indian is not very sophisticated to say the least. Just look at income and literacy levels for example.
So China can't change such an embedded media narrative in India.
The Sinophobic media narrative in India will only change if India confronts the past, but neither Congress nor the BJP are interested in doing so. Exposing Nehru's mistakes would tarnish the image of the Congress Party, and the BJP aren't interested in having India cast as the villain rather than the victim in the 1962 war.
I think only a severe shock would force India to come to terms with the past and its Sinophobia.
But the only thing I can think of is if the Chinese Army defeats the India Army and liberates Kashmir. Then the Indian public is confronted with images of Kashmiris celebrating the end of the Indian Army occupation, along with images of Indian Army atrocities in Kashmir.
It forces India to confront a whole host of questions like:
1. Why did India lose yet another conflict?
2. What happened in the last Sino-Indian war?
3. Why was the Indian Army hated by the 7 million people in the Kashmir Valley?
4. Why do the Kashmiris reject the India state?
5. Was India wrong to occupy Kashmir?
6. Why were the Indian people told that China was intruding on Indian territory in Kashmir/Ladakh?
7. Was Kashmir/Ladakh actually Indian territory?
8. Did India deserve to lose to China?
But China's priorities lie in the Western Pacific, rather than in fighting a war with India.
coolieno99
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Probably real. India is buying $ 8 billion of French jet fighters(36 planes). Production is 1 plane per month. It will take 36 months to complete the delivery. China should thank the French trade union at the Dassault factory for setting the painfully slow production schedule. The Dassault production workers want to keep their jobs long as possible. I think India just received 3 planes so far. They don't care about India's needs.
That has to be one of the dumbest ideas I’ve ever heard. You can’t keep something like an enormous tunnel construction a secret. Even if everyone in Fujian is tight lipped about it, you can easily detect construction via seismic activities.
Please get back to topic!
I think @Inst got this idea from the North Koreans lol ... if I'm not mistaken they dug dozens of tunnels to serve as invasion routes after the Korean War. Quite a few were discovered but I'm sure there's more. Of course, digging a tunnel to Taiwan would be astronomically more difficult.
coolieno99
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Not all imports from China are toys and trinkets, dollar store stuff. Many imports are key industrial products. India import most of its chemical fertilizer from China. Without chemical fertilizer, India's food production would drop by 1/2 or worse. And millions would starve. Why India cannot or unable to manufacture its own chemical fertilizer? I leave that question to some old wise man to answer.
Hahahaha!
solarz
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Those Taiwanese gorillas may look very intimidating, but all the Mainland needs is a few cases of bananas.
vesicles
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No idea how the Indian issue has become fighting Taiwan. Please move my post to the appropriate thread. And please don't ban me again. It felt so weird to be banned...
Anyways, no need to actually fighting Taiwan. Nowadays, typical Taiwanese soldiers only serve 4 months total as their entire military service. Most of the soldiers in armored divisions don't even get a chance to get in a tank. They stand next to a tank and take a photo, and that's the proof that they have served in an armored division... I wonder how many times an average Taiwanese soldier actually fires a firearm during his entire military service... I can probably match that in one afternoon's time at a shoot range...
And their soldiers have no morale. Too hot, too rainy, too cold, too humid, too much sun, too dark, too much PM 2.5? No training today! And they sue their commanding officers for training them too hard in civilian courts... I bet there will be a boatload of lawsuits if any Taiwanese soldiers are sent to Ladakh. Too much altitude and too cold! Too inhumane... Heck, they might even sue the Indians for attempting bodily harm... They would probably stand next to a poster of Ladakh and take a photo, and tell people that they have gone to Ladakh on a mission...
No need to fight, just blockade Taiwan for a week. they will fold. Taiwan has no natural resources of their own and depends on outside shipments of coal and natural gas for their entire energy needs. One week blockade to stop these shipments will cut their electricity and their soldiers will defect to the PLA so that they can get A/C... Well, they might sue the PLA for inhumane treatment for cutting them off A/C...
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