Ladakh Flash Point

MwRYum said:

The timing for such a news release is...meh, nobody outside China would be interested anyway.

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Pre-fab self-contained barracks that can be easily set up in remote locations, stay +15℃ inside even when outside dropped to -40℃, or plug in a disael generator for extra power demand from heating needs.

Said that it has been on trial for 2 years at various high altitude outposts.

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All components are prefabricated in the factory, relying on modern logistics distribution to the construction site, all components are lightweight design, installation without machinery, officers and soldiers hand-to-hand rapid construction, flexible combination of classes, platoon, company, brigade and other types of camps.
Recently, a new type of self-powered insulation module composed of seven modules, including dormitory, canteen, integrated lavatory, dry self-cleaning toilet, storehouse, microgrid and heating equipment, was officially settled in the plateau border defense unit of our army. The head of the logistics support department of the Central Military Commission said that the new type of self-powered insulation module was mainly used by the coastal defense forces in the plateau, alpine and island regions, as well as by the garrison training and temporary deployment forces, to support the combat readiness training operations of the troops in the extreme climate environment, and to provide reliable guarantee for the troops to better patrol their duty, science and safety, It also explores a new model for our army to rapidly deploy troops in field camping in extreme weather environment.

The heat preservation module is developed by the Army Engineering University, mainly for the application design of the troops in the plateau alpine area with inconvenient transportation and no guarantee. Has the plateau environment adaptability strong, can work normally in the temperature-55℃, the altitude 5500 meters area, the whole road adapts, the installation time is short, the construction method is simple, does not need the large-scale machinery, may install normally in the no hydropower support area, the structure may disassemble, the space may change, more than 90% component parts can reuse, is the building, the structure, the energy and the equipment and so on integration design, the insulation performance is excellent. Integrated biodegradable dry self-cleaning toilet and photovoltaic microgrid are used to realize energy self-supply. At the same time, has the production installation fast and so on superiority.

The integrated steel tenon structure, core polyurethane insulation composite board, wind- solar energy-diesel oil-storage battery multi-source microgrid, biodegradable tank and other components are adopted. The most important feature is that the passive solar house and active solar energy collector are used as indoor heating. Under outdoor-40℃ conditions, the indoor temperature can be guaranteed to be higher than 15℃. In case of long rain and snow weather, diesel heating fan can also be used for emergency heating.

It is understood that in the past two years, the self-powered heat preservation module has been equipped and used in a few high and cold areas of the plateau, and has been tested by the cold winter of the plateau. Officers and soldiers reflect that the room provides a good housing guarantee for work and study training under extremely cold conditions.

ansy1968 said:

HI Shaolian,

Regarding India needing a few decades of replicating China's rise to be able to challenge China, I'm afraid it can't be done unless there's a political revolution in India.

It need a Mao that will facilitate a total society change. The Hindu religion itself is a major obstacle for reform, the teaching itself is inhuman (caste system) there is no social mobility. A person who is born a Dalit is forever live a life of misery, like a slave, there is no way out.

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No political revolution can change India. India has too many ethnicities, languages and cultural differences. China has one single ethnic majority with 90% of the population. No ethnically diverse country has been able to develop into a rich country. If you look at Japan, Korea and Taiwan- these are the only non European places that developed on a similar level to Europe/West. All three are ethnically homogenous and also have a China influenced culture.

Ethnically diverse countries cannot direct their energy towards development properly without the ethnic/religious identity tensions dominating the politics and eventually bogging down the country. Malaysia was much richer than China in the past but now it is stagnating due to ethnic tensions between ethnic Malay vs Chinese and Indian minority.

Indonesia's situation is even worse due to all the ethnic tensions and compromises. Philippines was much ahead of China in the past but now growing much slowly and much poorer. In the Middle East the most technologically advanced nation is ethnically homogenous, Turkey.

India's fate is similar to that of many large countries with religious and ethnic divisions. They get stuck in the low-middle income trap. Most Indians are poor and live rural areas with little education. They have no awareness of their ethnic or religious identity. But these identities become much stronger when a person is educated and urbanized. Most European Empires broke down after this initial modernization.

India will be broken into pieces due to rise in Ethnic identity before it gets anywhere close to China's level of prosperity. Actually India has already been broken into pieces and perennially weekend because of it. Pakistan and Bangladesh were part of India. Now both are seperate countries 200 million and 160 million population. They are both Muslim majority and will never be pro-India because of India's hindu majority nationalism.

As long Pakistan and Bangladesh exists, India already is heavily weekend by them. But there many other divisions yet to really come to the forefront. Dravidian/Aryan divide is one.

Lol.

tamsen_ikard said:

No political revolution can change India. India has too many ethnicities, languages and cultural differences. China has one single ethnic majority with 90% of the population. No ethnically diverse country has been able to develop into a rich country. If you look at Japan, Korea and Taiwan- these are the only non European places that developed on a similar level to Europe/West. All three are ethnically homogenous and also have a China influenced culture.

Ethnically diverse countries cannot direct their energy towards development properly without the ethnic/religious identity tensions dominating the politics and eventually bogging down the country. Malaysia was much richer than China in the past but now it is stagnating due to ethnic tensions between ethnic Malay vs Chinese and Indian minority.

Indonesia's situation is even worse due to all the ethnic tensions and compromises. Philippines was much ahead of China in the past but now growing much slowly and much poorer. In the Middle East the most technologically advanced nation is ethnically homogenous, Turkey.

India's fate is similar to that of many large countries with religious and ethnic divisions. They get stuck in the low-middle income trap. Most Indians are poor and live rural areas with little education. They have no awareness of their ethnic or religious identity. But these identities become much stronger when a person is educated and urbanized. Most European Empires broke down after this initial modernization.

India will be broken into pieces due to rise in Ethnic identity before it gets anywhere close to China's level of prosperity. Actually India has already been broken into pieces and perennially weekend because of it. Pakistan and Bangladesh were part of India. Now both are seperate countries 200 million and 160 million population. They are both Muslim majority and will never be pro-India because of India's hindu majority nationalism.

As long Pakistan and Bangladesh exists, India already is heavily weekend by them. But there many other divisions yet to really come to the forefront. Dravidian/Aryan divide is one.

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Another one of those Western magic lamps that never worked.
There is a phrase in Bengali which means " foresters look good in forest, children with their nothers"
There is a reason why mother nature did set some rule.
When you try to overload somebody with meshed up cocktail, he bounds to vomit .
This "diversity " is one of those cocktails.

ansy1968 said:

HI Shaolian,

Regarding India needing a few decades of replicating China's rise to be able to challenge China, I'm afraid it can't be done unless there's a political revolution in India.

It need a Mao that will facilitate a total society change. The Hindu religion itself is a major obstacle for reform, the teaching itself is inhuman (caste system) there is no social mobility. A person who is born a Dalit is forever live a life of misery, like a slave, there is no way out.

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A person like Mao emerges maybe once every few centuries? If you're lucky.

One advantage of the new barracks is that it could be heated via solar power. This reduces the use of fuel and other commodities. In the India Today video the Indian barracks are still heated by fuel.

tamsen_ikard said:

No political revolution can change India. India has too many ethnicities, languages and cultural differences. China has one single ethnic majority with 90% of the population. No ethnically diverse country has been able to develop into a rich country. If you look at Japan, Korea and Taiwan- these are the only non European places that developed on a similar level to Europe/West. All three are ethnically homogenous and also have a China influenced culture.

Ethnically diverse countries cannot direct their energy towards development properly without the ethnic/religious identity tensions dominating the politics and eventually bogging down the country. Malaysia was much richer than China in the past but now it is stagnating due to ethnic tensions between ethnic Malay vs Chinese and Indian minority.

Indonesia's situation is even worse due to all the ethnic tensions and compromises. Philippines was much ahead of China in the past but now growing much slowly and much poorer. In the Middle East the most technologically advanced nation is ethnically homogenous, Turkey.

India's fate is similar to that of many large countries with religious and ethnic divisions. They get stuck in the low-middle income trap. Most Indians are poor and live rural areas with little education. They have no awareness of their ethnic or religious identity. But these identities become much stronger when a person is educated and urbanized. Most European Empires broke down after this initial modernization.

India will be broken into pieces due to rise in Ethnic identity before it gets anywhere close to China's level of prosperity. Actually India has already been broken into pieces and perennially weekend because of it. Pakistan and Bangladesh were part of India. Now both are seperate countries 200 million and 160 million population. They are both Muslim majority and will never be pro-India because of India's hindu majority nationalism.

As long Pakistan and Bangladesh exists, India already is heavily weekend by them. But there many other divisions yet to really come to the forefront. Dravidian/Aryan divide is one.

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What about Singapore? It's very diverse and has done well.

Nobonita Barua said:

When you try to overload somebody with meshed up cocktail, he bounds to vomit .
This "diversity " is one of those cocktails.

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Like this?

tamsen_ikard said:

No political revolution can change India. India has too many ethnicities, languages and cultural differences. China has one single ethnic majority with 90% of the population. No ethnically diverse country has been able to develop into a rich country. If you look at Japan, Korea and Taiwan- these are the only non European places that developed on a similar level to Europe/West. All three are ethnically homogenous and also have a China influenced culture.

Ethnically diverse countries cannot direct their energy towards development properly without the ethnic/religious identity tensions dominating the politics and eventually bogging down the country. Malaysia was much richer than China in the past but now it is stagnating due to ethnic tensions between ethnic Malay vs Chinese and Indian minority.

Indonesia's situation is even worse due to all the ethnic tensions and compromises. Philippines was much ahead of China in the past but now growing much slowly and much poorer. In the Middle East the most technologically advanced nation is ethnically homogeneous, Turkey.

India's fate is similar to that of many large countries with religious and ethnic divisions. They get stuck in the low-middle income trap. Most Indians are poor and live rural areas with little education. They have no awareness of their ethnic or religious identity. But these identities become much stronger when a person is educated and urbanized. Most European Empires broke down after this initial modernization.

India will be broken into pieces due to rise in Ethnic identity before it gets anywhere close to China's level of prosperity. Actually India has already been broken into pieces and perennially weekend because of it. Pakistan and Bangladesh were part of India. Now both are seperate countries 200 million and 160 million population. They are both Muslim majority and will never be pro-India because of India's hindu majority nationalism.

As long Pakistan and Bangladesh exists, India already is heavily weekend by them. But there many other divisions yet to really come to the forefront. Dravidian/Aryan divide is one.

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China made a number of grave mistakes in minority policies due to past blind faith in economic development as a national unifying factor. Contrary to expectation, economic development didn't strengthen national identity at the expense of ethnic identities, it actually strengthened ethnic identities. A lot of those mistakes are now being corrected with the introduction of national Standard Mandarin education and the move of affirmative actions programmes from ethnicity-based to social-economic class based.

China is very lucky in that the Chinese coastal areas are all ethnically homogeneous (save for Guangxi). While there are centrifugal forces in a number of minority areas, the prospect of becoming landlocked is a powerful economic deterrent toward separatist tendencies. Meanwhile major ethnic groups in South India all have ample access to the ocean. The only economic deterrence to separatism is the potential loss of the common Indian market, which is a double edged sword if the center decides to wield it. In any case such loss will be less significant if outside powers can offer market access on good terms.

Lol.