Bharat Rakshak

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https://youtu.be/D5HWan5WD48

An interesting take on the reasons behind the disappearing online profiles of the rich (and not really rich) and famous in China.

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https://youtu.be/WgOVsGPFrms

Worth watching in full. Covers the economic headwinds in China. Some startling statistics like 70% of workforce laid off at ByteDance etc., stories of civil servants having to deliver food to make ends meet etc.

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https://youtu.be/qZO_rY89z0Y Interesting take on the flop of the Nov 11 shopping festival in China this year. This festival is an e-commerce extravaganza targeting single people and has shown growth rates of over 25% year on year over the past few years. This year, it grew only 8%, despite having a...

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https://youtu.be/SlJIGEiev98 Discusses the food hoarding seen in China as a result of the Ministry of Commerce directive to citizens. As is usual with all things Chinese, possible explanations range from a possible invasion of Taiwan to worsening Covid cases and related lockdowns, to kickstarting d...

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https://theprint.in/opinion/imran-khans ... le/760968/

This is a good article, outlining the fissures in the religious landscape of Pakistan. Also talks about the necessity and the dangers of Bajwa's appeasement of the TLP.

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https://youtu.be/A-Yu9Tb3H7Q

Gen. Naravane talks about the need to reform the procurement process to make it result oriented, mentions the over Rs. 16000 crore worth of orders placed in last year under the emergency powers, 55% of it to indigenous suppliers and 50% of that in turn to MSMEs.

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I wonder how much damage happened to the gun, unless those Russians who joyfully scrambled away after the explosion was not made of titanium :lol: Yes, not even stumbling from injuries! No sympathetic explosion of ammo. And to disable a gun, the easiest way is to use an airburst to kill the crew; m...

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Sridhar, You referred to China making India a permanent enemy by its actions on the LAC. However, bilateral trade volume is at a record high and the imbalance is still as high (around $28 Billion) in the first half of the year. https://www.indiatoday.in/business/story/india-china-trade-grows-62-7-in...

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Since we don't have a Chinese economy thread, posting this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEhvGrWzesY Salient points: 1. Proposal for property tax levy (currently only piloted in Shanghai and Chongqin) is depressing real estate stocks, which is reflected in lower construction pace and in gene...

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https://twitter.com/daeroplate_v2/status/1451706934214549507?t=oOJiYjQvbuv-I5UtdViW-Q&s=19 @daeroplate_v2: Top brass who are comfortable in what they grew up in T-series and BMP would also prefer not to rock the boat due to well established infra and establishments on pak front vs messy issues ...

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To fully utilize the ~600 km OTH range of the S400 radar, locating it with maximum line of sight such as in a flat plain is beneficial. An S400 battery at PLAAF airbase in Ngari (opp/near Demchok) will enable it to cover the entire LAC west of Nepal all the way to Depsang. Even the next from the to...

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From Maj Gen Mehta's (R) article in the Tribune My meetings with soldiers deployed up front reveal an avoidably heavy troop density. At places, a company is deployed against a PLA platoon, with another company held in depth. Troops deployed at 17,000 ft are being rotated in two months. In Siachen, t...

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Thank you, Vicky, for these details. One of my family members was called out of retirement from NPCL to assist with the commissioning of the PFBR, and told me that work was going on at a fast pace for the same. He is in the mechanical engineering stream, not nuclear physics. Now I can see why this i...

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This news of AHWR is SO welcome!! I remember reading about Bhabha's vision for the 3 stage cycle in high school, more than 3 decades ago. Godspeed, BARC.

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On the contrary China would be thrilled, I would think. India opposed Chinese presence in PoK. It is only appropriate for China to now counter, thus weakening the Indian argument for CPEC. Hi Niranjan, the CPEC will stand or fall depending on its own weight of contradictions and Pakistani incompete...

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I don't know what to make of these posts by poster shyamd - he claims to get this info from sources, but clearly they are not publicly available. So, should such information be made public on this board? Regardless of the veracity, one must wonder why Pakistan would allow overflight rights from Indi...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvAzRqMZPIs

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32iCaf2klkw

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Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) Tweeted: Great news. 4G Jio Tower installed by India at Demchok in Eastern Ladakh on LAC with China. Digital India a work in progress. An excellent and fantastic example of synergy and cooperation between Indian Army and LAHDC civil administration. Shared by a dear f...

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An interesting report on the financial issues facing Country Garden, China's largest real estate company. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gyQWKElSMk Summary: 1. Increasing debt to asset ratio, bumping up against the CCP's redline of 0.7. Partly fueled by massive investments that didn't pan out, lik...

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This YT channel has an anti-CCP slant, but it gives some in-depth reporting on China. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT2kPBcD6tXn8TP_aV7BmgA Of particular interest to me were the reports of factional infighting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHvjoRJ9_1o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns021Kh-ly...

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I don't understand the offhand dismissal of the Chinese beach landing exercise. All those rubber dinghies can be launched from a LPD too, no? Why do they have to sail across 180 nm of ocean?

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I think there's a link between the reported cyber attack success attributed to India by Exodus Intelligence, and the PLA's WTC having 3 heads in less than a year. The two heads who had only a few months tenure were probably shunted out as punishment. In the PLA, campaigns start with cyber and psy op...

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3 out of 7 Pak COAS have been from Baloch Regiment - 2 of them recently. Faiz Hamed is also from the Baloch Regiment. Assad Durrani (of the Spy Chronicles infamy) has alleged that he was persecuted (limited his travel, having to appear before tribunals etc) because he exposed the role of then COAS, ...

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Most military assessments of a PLA campaign predict that it will start with a cyber attack on the adversary's civil infrastructure like power distribution, banking, communications etc. The question is - Is China vulnerable to the same? And if so, do countries like Taiwan, Japan etc have the ability ...

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Anoop, it is all about the choke points.... ! Sridhar, many thanks for your explanation. I looked at the map of the region and it occurred to me that the Pratas Island would also form a very good chokepoint to deny a US or Aus or Japanese sub from coming close to the mainland, quite apart from bein...

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..... I think this discussion has run its course. You started by expressing surprise that the US and China took diametrically opposite approaches in the context of Cold War 2.0 . When I responded that in the same context, i.e. countering the other's influence, those respective actions were natural,...

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The forum has been a showcase of China's convening power. "More African leaders choose to attend FOCAC than the U.N. General Assembly, the world's largest summit, in 2018, 51 African presidents attended the FOCAC summit compared to just 27 at the General Assembly. This essentially is putting t...

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China is targeting Pratas and if it occupied that, it would be difficult to evict them. Fait accompli . Sridhar, do you think the Pratas islands will be used as a staging ground for a later invasion of Taiwan, or is it meant to be a demonstration of PRC intent and a signal to Taiwan to submit? The ...

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/05/the-us-must-avoid-war-with-china-over-taiwan-at-all-costs From this article: Doing so will allow the United States to emerge on the other side of a China/Taiwan war with our global military and economic power intact . That’s not to suggest we st...

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Would the average American, for example, benefit more by making America more competitive, or making China less competitive? This is a strawman because given that the contest is bipolar, making China less competitive IS the same as making America/West more competitive. Would the world, particularly ...

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https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/China-PCR-test-orders-soared-before-first-confirmed-COVID-case China PCR test orders soared before first confirmed COVID case Report on government contracts show surges in Wuhan-area purchases from May 2019 About 67.4 million yuan ($10.5 million at curr...

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David, one question for you. In my interactions with expatriate Chinese people from the mainland, almost without exception, they believe that economic prosperity has been a worthwhile trade for lack of political freedom. These are people who have spanned the Tiananmen crackdown. They are all profess...

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Makes the contrast since the start of CW2 even more obvious, doesn't it? The emphasis, at least it seems to me, has shifted massively from outwardly directed initiatives like the BRI to inwardly directed initiatives like tackling debt, monopolies, etc. Well, that is also the natural i.e. expected o...

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Is it true that Chinese moves have been inwards? They laid the groundwork for this Cold War 2.0 through a massive colonization campaign around the world masquerading as BRI. It is a tactic right out of Britain's 250 year old playbook.

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The Australia-China trade spat, leading to reduced coal imports, is probably worsening the situation. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58733193 As the world starts to reopen after the pandemic, demand for Chinese goods is surging and the factories making them need a lot more power. Rules imposed by...

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So, in light of the new Air Chief being announced effective Oct 1, the earlier reports of the current Chief being given a 6 month extension was all speculation??

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Xi Jinping Aims to Rein In Chinese Capitalism, Hew to Mao’s Socialist Vision https://www.wsj.com/articles/xi-jinping-aims-to-rein-in-chinese-capitalism-hew-to-maos-socialist-vision-11632150725 Excerpts: In Mr. Xi’s version, the government would have a level of control that would allow it to steer th...

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Evergrande troubles punish China property as contagion concern spreads https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-evergrande-shares-plummet-default-risks-2021-09-20/ There's a ripple effect from the Evergrande liquidity problems in the Chinese real estate market, with Sinic Holdings losing 87% market...

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https://youtu.be/aNkKjHhfJO0 I was very surprised to know that when a retired officer is re-employed in the paramilitary or CPFs, his responsibility is two ranks lower than in the rank at retirement!! What a waste of human capital. Given that the salary drawn in the new service is the same, this ap...

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