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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Devyani-Khobragade-case-India-sets-up-special-group/articleshow/28111999.cms If this was China instead of the US, would India have had the guts to respond in this mannner? Something tells me probably not, but I could be wrong. On a related matter, India is ov...

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China Gives No Ground to Biden in ADIZ Dispute - Japan Times Wary that nationalist sentiments in China may preclude Xi from backing down now that he’s established the zone , Washington has sought to persuade Beijing to quietly refrain from enforcing it, nullifying it in practice if not in deed. “Xi...

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NightWatch For the night of 3 December 2013 South Korea: The government in Seoul announced that it will soon confirm a new air defense zone that expands farther southward. Comment: South Korea is no longer intimidated by China or North Korea. The Chinese and North Korean leaders continue to replay ...

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"Walking a tightrope, India has kept a studied silence over China's announcement of an Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea while stepping up engagement with regional countries that don't see Beijing's rise as benign." Though the possibility of long-term strategic ...

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I am worried they might repeat the same with us..well after the dust settles with Japan may be after 5 yrs...and again no one will be voicing their concern and we are left to defend ourselves...which we will but at a much higher price :cry: Bound to happen, not in 5 years but in months in my opinio...

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U never pick a fight with your customers because customer never looses! CHINA has trillions in US paper and almost 70% of GDP in exports to west and JAPAN. So they cannot afford to start a war with them no matter how much capable its mil is. This US and JAPAN knows and just drove their planes right...

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navneeet wrote:http://www.ibtimes.com/china-engage-six ... nt-chinese

Another Chinese wet dream!

Sounds like German planning during WWII

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THREE days ago China declared a no-fly zone over waters claimed by Japan. Yesterday, the US flew bombers over them. Today, China has sent in an aircraft carrier. Are these the drums of war on our doorstep? Late yesterday Australian time, two US B-52 bombers flew over the Senkaku/Diaoyou island chai...

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Next they could do the same thing to the oceans, to SE China Sea, to AP etc.

Only Japan and the US have air forces and navies that can stand up to China. Countries that share a border with China (India, Russia, Vietnam) have a disadvantage because they also have to deal with the PLA.

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Did the US send forces on the Britain Falkland Islands? No. Did the US declare war on NKorea when it shot down a US Navy monitoring plane over the Japan sea and lost 18 people? No. Did the US declare war on NoKorea when it captured the ship Pueblo and killed a sailor? No. Did the US declare war whe...

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Clearly China does not like competition from India as shown in the ranting (for which the Chinese media has expertise) below: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/China-calls-for-joint-efforts-after-Indias-Mars-mission/articleshow/25271361.cms The article is trying to reassure a supposedly...

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India is in a difficult neighborhood. The neighbourhood has been made into difficult region with unstable regional countries by super powers over the last 40 years. True. Certain powers wanted to balance India with its western neighbor over these years, afraid India will become a threat. But now th...

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statecraft wise, indians are pygmies in front of chinese !! indian foreign office needs people like vivek Katju, parthasarty, bharat verma ... With the sort of shackles we have put on our FP, you can bring in Tigers and it won't matter a bit, they will be meek. Change the basic assumptions that our...

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Chinese President Pitches for 'Friendly Neighbourhood' Policy - Business Line Chinese President Xi Jinping has directed the Foreign Ministry to evolve new friendly political, economic and security cooperation policies to tie the neighbouring nations with China. “We must strive to make our neighbour...

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Japan PM Abe warns China on use of force as jets scrambled - Straits Times Japan's leader warned China on Sunday against forcibly changing the regional balance of power, as reports said Tokyo had scrambled fighter jets in response to Chinese military aircraft flying near Okinawa. Verbal skirmishing...

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Japan PM Abe warns China on use of force as jets scrambled - Straits Times Japan's leader warned China on Sunday against forcibly changing the regional balance of power, as reports said Tokyo had scrambled fighter jets in response to Chinese military aircraft flying near Okinawa. Verbal skirmishing...

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Bangladesh-Myanmar-India-China economic corridor This corridor would be another opportunity for lop-sided trading and manufacturing activities in favour of China. It is unlikely that the world's second largest economy needs economic improvement by increased trade with (economically puny) Myanmar an...

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^ My thoughts too. The basics from what this Govt is working as far as International relations and FP goes are rooted in disillusioned axioms and mundane cliches. Why do they say "One can't change neighbours"? Why do we base multiple FP decisions on "A Stable Pakistan is good for Ind...

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My question is serious. Six months ago someone could have asked a question such as - what will India do if a group of Chinese soldiers entered 20 km into India and camped there for weeks. It may then have seemed like a silly question - off course India will throw them out. In reality it took a lot o...

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Question for All:

What should India do if Chinese aircraft or helicopters land at DBO?

Should there be some physical barriers to doing so - which can be temporarily removed each time an Indian aircraft is using the air strip?

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This article touches upon the important connection between the shocking decline in the economic growth of India during the last year or so and its security implications particularly with respect to managing the threat from China. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/Growth-wins-...

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PRC has one weakness which India has to exploit PRC wants to be no# 1 in Asia and also in the world. All India has to do is to deny them no# 1 position in Asia. If only India can deny them no 1 position south of the Himalayas. Together India, US and Australia can deny them no 1 in the entire Indian...

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Our strategy should go a step further and take the fight into the enemy's own perceived "pond",the Indo-China Sea,lordship of its energy wealth is already hotly disputed by the littoral nations also inimical to China.Just as China has upped the ante by seizing Gwadar,so too should India t...

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Thanks Sridhar and others for the illuminating discussions. Clearly the giant Indian peninsula dominates the Northern Indian Ocean (especially the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea). This is what the Americans had in mind last year when referring repeatedly to India as a net provider of security for...

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In fact it was leaked that the Chinese are sensitive to Indian media reports of their activities on the border. Of course this is one way the GOI puts pressure on the Chinese. I do not see how these represent GoI pressure tactics. We have to understand that India is not alone as a victim of consist...

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The Government should not depend upon public pressure to act. I am not saying that 'the Govt should not *never* depend upon public pressure to act'. You extrapolated and then talked about the importance of press etc. The press is not present in these forward areas at these heights of 10k feet or mo...

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Another charitable explanation is that GOI itself uses the media and attendant public outrage to create pressure on the Chinese and show them that GOI is acting under domestic pressure - otherwise it 'understands' that Chinese mean no harm. The repeated finger pointing by the Chinese towards Indian...

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^^^Some learned commentators have expressed the opinion that the news item(s) about Chinese incursions in the media came about because IA was frustrated with the government directive is hiding the issue and brushing it under the carpet. Come to think of it, unless an official briefing is given by t...

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Or it could be that Army frustrated with long bureaucratic delay in clearing the additional force level for China border is pushing FM by giving out such news just when files are doing the rounds of ministries. So long as someone is not breaking the law, this would be the normal dynamics of a democ...

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Xinhua hits out at 'Indian Media Hype' - Ananth Krishnan, The Hindu A commentary issued by China’s official Xinhua news agency on Tuesday hit out at the Indian media for “hyping” the situation along the disputed border , following reports in recent days of new incursions by Chinese troops. The comm...

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Yes and the CIA and US military used to routinely overstate the Soviet threat. Sometimes I wonder if something similar isn't taking place. Similarly the British may have overstated the Russian threat to British-India via Afghanistan, simply because, in retrospect, such an invasion never materialize...

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Sorry. After 26/11 terrorist attack it came known to the Cabinet that more forces are needed to get rid of the perpetual six month advance notice needed by the services. Hence a gradual build up was put in place despite the hue and cry from Finance Ministry which kept putting objections constantly....

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....... Hats off to Mr. A K Anthony for his tireless efforts to raise India's military strength. Surely you jest for he has done the opposite in his tenure so far! Sorry, I am serious. Since the aftermath of 1962 India had "10 mountain divisions" for decades until, during his tenure of al...

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Centre Okays 50000 strong force to tackle Chinese threat - New Indian Express Hats off to Mr. A K Anthony for his tireless efforts to raise India's military strength. I am afraid locating these forces in West Bengal, Assam, Odisha and Jharkhand will reduce "mountain experience" at altitud...

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Times Now is reporting that 100 Chinese soldiers intruded into Ladakh region. I am not sure if it is an old one or a new one. Last time around, Manoj Joshi said that we should not exaggerate the intrusion because there were hardly 7 Chinese soldiers and a Chinese dog in those 7 tents. Now, the stre...

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Arihant wrote:
SSridhar wrote:Centre Okays 50000 strong force to tackle Chinese threat - New Indian Express
A relief!

Hats off to Mr. A K Anthony for his tireless efforts to raise India's military strength.

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The Telegraph reports, linked here , speak of the CCS taking a decision on the mountain strike corps only after assessing 'diplomatic ramifications' of such a China-specific unit. It comes as a shock to me because I was under the impression it was a done deal already. Unless significant progress ha...

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Rajrang, I understand what you say. But, Luo Yuon's comments are not isolated or those of a hawk (with the heart and head of a 'dove' as he claims for himself :) ). In March 2013, the newly appointed Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Moscow, his first official visit to any country after assuming...

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India's aircraft carrier plans: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-China-will-not-rush-to-resolve-border-issues-Khurshid/articleshow/20923356.cms Quoting: Khurshid also expressed his views on India's three aircraft-carrier strategy, saying as a Peninsula, the country needed one carrier o...

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-China-will-not-rush-to-resolve-border-issues-Khurshid/articleshow/20923356.cms Major policy statement: "On South-East Asia, Khurshid said India was not looking for a military base in the region but would focus on deepening strategic ties, even as i...

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