Just visited it, have to come out quickly just what is it with Indians. They seem to have a fixation with all thing China and Chinese!
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Just visited it, have to come out quickly just what is it with Indians. They seem to have a fixation with all thing China and Chinese!
Indians have an obsession about China and Pakistan.
How do the recent border tensions fit into China's larger grand strategy with India? Is China jockeying for position for a permanent border agreement by grabbing as much territory as it can? To me it's pretty clear that India will never get Aksai Chin and China will never get Arunachal, at least not without a major war. But neither government actually wants a major war; they've both been pretty clear about this. The most I can see either one tolerating is a local and isolated conflict, but then you always have to worry about escalation and things getting out of hand. So what's the point of prolonging these border tensions instead of just finalizing the border? To rally domestic public opinion by having an enemy you can point to? Does China want to keep India permanently on the defensive by presenting it with the potential of a multiple-front war? I think this latter option carries a lot of risks. Yes, India would have Germany's strategic dilemma in a World War III (facing two major opponents on both blanks), but so would China, facing the US in the east and India to the south.
Provocative question time. A divided Asia clearly helps the United States. Wouldn't China want to maintain friendly relations India to counter American power? Or does Chinese the government believe it can do this without Indian help? I tend to think they believe the latter, that they don't need a friendly India, but again, there are many risks involved with that grand strategy.
As far as I know, India is the only continental Asian country with which China has not finalized its border. Why is this? Because their border is so complex (Himalayas and all)? Because both sides believe they can still make territorial gains? Some other reason?
It'll be interesting to see if the Chinese make further pushes in the winter, when it'll be very difficult for the Indians to hold and supply their new forward positions.
Provocative question time. A divided Asia clearly helps the United States. Wouldn't China want to maintain friendly relations India to counter American power? Or does Chinese the government believe it can do this without Indian help? I tend to think they believe the latter, that they don't need a friendly India, but again, there are many risks involved with that grand strategy.
As far as I know, India is the only continental Asian country with which China has not finalized its border. Why is this? Because their border is so complex (Himalayas and all)? Because both sides believe they can still make territorial gains? Some other reason?
It'll be interesting to see if the Chinese make further pushes in the winter, when it'll be very difficult for the Indians to hold and supply their new forward positions.
Ultimately depends if India wants to be the aggressor or not. If India forces a conflict and loses, India will lose all territories under dispute with China and Pakistan, that includes Arunachal to China.
China will never go for full Arunachal. Have you seen the Terrian map of that area? The current LAC goes through white colored mountains which are very high mountains. This is the perfect border to have. Just after these mountains, the entire Arunachal is a downward slope that progressively gets greener. The only exception to this is the LAC in the west, near Tawang. That is the part China might be interested to have but I am not sure about that either. If China really wanted Tawang, they could have kept it in 1962 when they captured it. For China, the current border is fine and defendable. I think Arunachal is a bargaining chip for China for other concessions from India.
I don’t see how this is embarrassing. Looks like they have the support of local people. During the 1962 war China also relied on supplies from local Tibetans.
These food look way better than those offered by Chinese restaurants here in DC. However, if you have Sichuan or Hunan dishes, there would be "consequences" 8-12 hours later. Therefore, I don't think it would be a good idea to serve Sichuan or Hunan/Jiangxi dishes (or anything spicy) to frontline troops.
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