Interesting turn of events. It is clear that holding all the cards, the Chinese are doing a disengagement. For them to do something of this nature, they must have gotten something much bigger in return at the negotiation table. In the bigger picture, time is against Modi as the Biden administration is not as overtly hostile to China and focused more inward compared to Trump. Without the vaccine, the Indian economy will flounder for the next two or more years. Money is running out for the government, hence the start of the whole farmers riot, the government wanted to cut subsidies for the farmers. Now it seems there will be some negotiated settlement for the land owners (the actual farmers are just tools to be used by the land owners and middlemen). We need to wait a few months to see what the Chinese got for this disengagement.
Ladakh Flash Point
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A Taiwan invasion may only succeed if somehow Taiwan is politically severed from the US. Otherwise, an invasion of Taiwan will take too long and will grant enough time for the US and possible allies to organize and intervene militarily.
Taiwan's shores are really not suited for an amphibious invasion.
Taiwan's shores are really not suited for an amphibious invasion.
Guys, this is Ladakh thread. Not Taiwan invasion thread.
Chinese and Indian forces clashed in the region in May and June 2020, resulting in at least 20 Indian and 45 Chinese servicemen dead. Following these incidents, New Delhi and Beijing increased the concentration of forces in the region to about 50,000 people each.
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Why TASS alone. No other media gives a perfect 45.
Why no other media outlet (the big three - Reuters, AFP, AP). Or BBC, GT.
Chinese and Indian forces clashed in the region in May and June 2020, resulting in at least 20 Indian and 45 Chinese servicemen dead. Following these incidents, New Delhi and Beijing increased the concentration of forces in the region to about 50,000 people each.
Question -
Why TASS alone. No other media gives a perfect 45.
Why no other media outlet (the big three - Reuters, AFP, AP). Or BBC, GT.
Playing this senseless numbers game is playing into the trap of the Indian trolls.
Maybe TASS is now Indian ran? Remember India has a stupid number of fake news media channel and sites that are supposedly media companies of other counties as per the EU report...
I don’t think so. The report is from the main page on TAAS. However this doesn’t mean that it is accurate. What India has done post Galwan is keep on repeating the lies of heavy PLA casualties through their outlets. It was repeated so often that foreign media are now picking it up as the truth.
All relations.
But alas, I don't think India is interested in that. India complains of inflow of Chinese goods. But the same India is not ready to join RCEP because it is not competitive enough even against Southeast Asian countries.
No kidding, this is the first time I'm reading about TASS.
With the corruption in Russia, it's not impossible to conceive some Indian agent paying the editors to publish such a story. Maybe the only agency they could get to bend.
Remember that Indians in other countries are leftists... or so is the prevailing notion in the new right wing India. So they can't do its nationalistic bidding.
The TASS story got no citation or quotes. It doesn't have an author. Just like that... Poof...
So they would unban TikTok. That sounds like a dumb trade.
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