Title: CHINA
1CHINA
2OWL NEWS MONDAY
3INTRODUCTION
4Welcome Im chitto
5HINDI CHINI BHAI BHAI
6SCOPE
- PART I - GEO-POLITICAL/STRATEGIC
IMPORTANCE OF CHINA - PART II -CHINESE ECONOMY
- PART III - CHINAS ARMED FORCES
- PART IV - FOREIGN RELATIONS
- PART V - CHINA IN THE YEAR 2010
7PART I
GEO-POLITICAL AND STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE
8An ancient Chinese missionary student is
supposed to have lamented
- Chinese history is remote, obscure and
monotonous, worst of all, there is too much of it
9Geography and Demography
10LOCATION AND SIZE
- CHINA LIES BETWEEN
- LONGITUDE 78º 08 E AND 135º 05 E
- LATITUDE 18º 09 N AND 53º 34 N
11LOCATION AND SIZE
- THE LANDMASS
- GENERALLY SLOPES FROM WEST TO EAST
- ELEVATION VARYING FROM 8000 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL TO
150 M BELOW SEA LEVEL
12LOCATION AND SIZE
- SIZE
- THIRD LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AFTER RUSSIA
AND CANADA - LARGEST IN ASIA, WITH AN AREA OF 9,562,904 SQUARE
KM
13POPULATION
- MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
- APPROXIMATELY 1.2 BILLION PEOPLE
14POPULATION
- 93.3 POPULATION IS HAN CHINESE
- BALANCE A MIX OF VARIOUS NATIONALITIES
15RELIGION AND LANGUAGE
- MOST IMPORTANT RELIGIONS ARE-
- CONFUCIANISM
- TAOISM
- BUDDHISM
- MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS
16RELIGION AND LANGUAGE
- MAIN LANGUAGE IS MANDARIN
- LITERACY RATE 85
17DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERN
- DENSITY-107 PER SQUARE KM
- DISTRIBUTION IS UNEVEN
- POPULATION CROWDED INTO 45 OF THE LAND
18DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERN
- PROVINCES LIKE JIANG HAVE DENSITY OF 2000 PER
SQUARE KM - URBAN POPULATION IS 35 OF THE TOTAL
19CHINESE CIVILISATION
- ORIGINATED IN AREA OF YELLOW RIVER
- CHANGS STARTED DYNASTIC RULE AND CONTINUED TO
RULE TILL AROUND 214 B C -
20CHINESE CIVILISATION
- CHANGS OVERTHROWN BY ZHOU DYNASTY
- ZHOU DYNASTY FOLLOWED BY QUIN DYNASTY
21CHINESE CIVILISATION
- QUIN DYNASTY FOLLOWED BY HANS SONGS
- FINALLY MONGOLS RULED FROM 1279 AD TO 1368 AD
-
- MING DYNASTY TOOK THE REINS IN 1368 AD
22CHINESE CIVILISATION
- OCCUPATION OF CHINA BY MANCHUS IN 1688
- MANCHU EMPIRE BEGAN TO CRUMBLE BY THE MIDDLE OF
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
23DECLINE OF MANCHU RULE
- POLICY OF ISOLATION BEGAN TO BREAKDOWN
- CHINA LAGGED BEHIND
- SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY UNDERMINED RELIGIOUS UNITY
24DECLINE OF MANCHU RULE
- OPIUM WARS FROM 1839 - 42 AND 1856-60 LOST BY
CHINESE - FORFEITED HONG KONG TO BRITISH
25DECLINE OF MANCHU RULE
- COMPLETE COLONISATION AVERTED
- NUMBER OF PORTS OPENED
26DECLINE OF MANCHU RULE
- CHINESE SLIDE CONTINUED
- LOSSES IN WARS, WITH FRANCE AND BRITAIN, JAPAN,
RUSSIA AND US - MOUNTING DISSATISFACTION PRECIPITATED ANOTHER
UPRISING IN 1900
27DECLINE OF MANCHU RULE
- REVOLUTIONISTS IN 1911 OVERTHREW THE CHING REGIME
- THIS MADE CHINA TECHNICALLY A REPUBLIC
28MODERN CHINA
- POLITICAL HISTORY OF REPUBLICS FIRST YEAR WAS
TUMULTUOUS - CIVIL WAR BROKE OUT IN 1917
- IN 1926, CHIANG-KAI-SHEK, OVERTHREW THE GOVERNMENT
29MODERN CHINA
- COMMUNISTS ENGINEERED A COUP AGAINST
CHIANG-KAI-SHEK IN DECEMBER 1936 - IN JANUARY 1949 BEIJING TAKEN OVER BY COMMUNISTS
- CHIANG AND HIS NATIONALISTS FLED TO TAIWAN
30MODERN CHINA
- CHIANG PROCLAIMED TAIPEI AS THE TEMPORARY CAPITAL
- COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT CONSOLIDATED ON THE MAINLAND
BY 1ST OCTOBER 1949 - RECOGNISED BY USSR, GREAT BRITAIN AND INDIA
31COMMUNIST RULE UNDER MAO
- CULTURAL REVOLUTION
- HUNDRED FLOWERS MOVEMENT
- GREAT LEAP FORWARD
32ERA OF DENG XIAO PING
- EMERGENCE FROM THE BAMBOO CURTAIN
33OWL NEWS MONDAY
34CULTURAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
35CULTURE
- PROUD OF CULTURAL ANTECEDENTS
- CONSIDER CHINA CENTRE OF WORLD
- UNITY OF CHINA - AN ACHIEVEMENT
36MODERN CHINESE CULTURE
- RISE OF MAO TSE TUNG
- ABOLITION OF THE CLASS SYSTEM
- ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNISM
- THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION
37MODERN CHINESE CULTURE
- CHINESE TRADITIONAL THOUGHTS CENTRED AROUND TWO
ANCIENT CUSTOMS - TRANSFERENCE OF GODS INTO HUMAN BEINGS
- THE BELIEF THAT A PERSON LIVES THROUGH HIS
DESCENDANTS
38CUSTOMS
- CONCUBINAGE AND POLYGAMY
- PATRIARCHIAL FAMILY SET UP
- HIERARCHICAL SOCIETY
39ART
- POETRY WAS PRODUCED EN-MASS
- PAINTINGS
- JADE ARTISTRY
- POTTERY
40OWL NEWS MONDAY
41GEO-STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE
- EURASIA HAS THE WORLDS SIX LARGEST ECONOMIES AND
MILITARY SPENDERS
42GEO-STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE
- CHINA, RUSSIA, INDIA AND SE ASIA ARE IN THIS
REGION
43GEO-STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE
- THE REGION ACCOUNTS FOR
- 75 OF THE WORLD POPULATION
- 60 OF THE WORLDS GNP
- 75 OF THE WORLDS ENERGY RESOURCES
44OWL NEWS MONDAY
45ASSETS
- LARGE LANDMASS
- VAST MANPOWER RESOURCES AND CHEAP LABOUR
- ABUNDANT NATURAL RESOURCES
46ASSETS
- COASTAL FRONTIERS OF ABOUT 5800 KILOMETRES,
FAVOURING OCEAN TRADE - NATURAL FRONTIER OBSTACLES ON ALL SIDES
47ASSETS
- A HIGH LITERACY RATE OF 85
- A WELL DEVELOPED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OF INLAND
WATER TRANSPORT, ROADS AND RAILWAYS
48LIABILITIES
- ONLY 11 OF THE TOTAL LAND IS ARABLE
- EXCESS POPULATION PRESSURE ON EAST AND SOUTH EAST
CHINA - DIFFICULT TERRAIN, WHICH IMPEDES DEVELOPMENT IN
NORTH AND NORTH-EAST CHINA
49CHINESE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
- CHINA WELL POISED TO BECOME A WORLD LEADER
- CAN EXERCISE DIRECT INFLUENCE ON
- THE SOUTH/EAST CHINA SEA
- BAY OF BENGAL
- THE ARABIAN SEA
- CENTRAL ASIAN REPUBLICS
50RELATIONSHIP WITH NEIGHBOURS
- ONLY COUNTRY TO HAVE 16 NEIGHBOURS
- MAINTAINS GOOD RELATIONS WITH SOME
- INDIFFERENT TO OTHERS
51RELATIONSHIP WITH NEIGHBOURS
- SINO PAK ALLIANCE SURVIVED MANY UPHEAVALS
- SETTLING BORDER DISPUTES WITH HER NEIGHBOURS
- INDIA IS ONLY COUNTRY WITH UNRESOLVED BORDER
DISPUTE
52OWL NEWS MONDAY
53JOIN THE DSSCAT WELLINGTON
- FREE ! FREE ! FREE ! ONE YEAR OF HOLIDAY AND
FUN.(THATS IF ONE CALLS THIS FUN ) - FREE HORSE RIDING, ANGLING, TREKKING ETC.
- BRING YOUR KIDS ALONG, BUT MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO
LOOK AFTER THEM.
54- THAT IS NOT ALL, FREE LESSONS IN PUBLIC SPEAKING
AND CRITICISM. - LADIES CAN KEEP BUSY DOING ITOW AND COMPUTER
CLASSES. - SPECIALLY ARRANGEGED DIPLOMAS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.
- COME ONE COME ALL, JOIN THE DSSC.
55PART II
ECONOMY
56ECONOMY
- CHINA IS CALLED AN AWAKENED DRAGON
- HAS A TRADE TURNOVER EXCEEDING 196 BILLION
- EXPECTED TO OVER TAKE THE ECONOMIES OF GERMANY
AND JAPAN
57ECONOMY
- FAILED TO ENTER THE ERA OF MODERN ECONOMIC
GROWTH UNTIL 1949 - INCREASED RAPIDLY AFTER 1949
- LIMITED RESOURCES FOR INVESTMENT PREVENTED CHINA
FROM PRODUCING ADVANCED EQUIPMENT
58ECONOMY
- ERA OF ECONOMIC REFORM
- THE RESPONSIBILITY SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION IN
AGRICULTURE
59ECONOMY
- ROLE OF GOVERNMENT WAS REDUCED IN MOST OTHER
SECTORS - EACH NEW POLICY PERIOD RETAINED MOST OF THE
EXISTING ECONOMIC ORGANISATION
60ECONOMY
- BY 1956, 67.5 OF ALL MODERN INDUSTRIAL
ENTERPRISES WERE STATE OWNED
61ECONOMY
- BETWEEN 1952 AND 1957 INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
INCREASED AT A RATE OF 19 - NATIONAL INCOME GREW AT A RATE OF 9 A
YEAR - 'THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD'
62ECONOMY
- ECONOMIC STABILITY WAS RESTORED BETWEEN 1961-65
- BY 1966, PRODUCTION IN BOTH AGRICULTURE AND
INDUSTRY SURPASSED THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD PERIOD
63ECONOMY
- INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT 14 IN 1977 AND 13 IN 1978
- AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION WAS STIMULATED IN 1979 BY
AN INCREASE OF OVER 22 IN THE PROCUREMENT
PRICES
64ECONOMY
- FOREIGN-TRADE PROCEDURES WERE GREATLY EASED
- THE ROLE OF FREE MARKETS FOR FARM PRODUCE WAS
FURTHER EXPANDED
65ECONOMY
- FARM INCOMES ROSE RAPIDLY
- FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS 24.2 b IN THE FIRST
HALF OF 1998
66ECONOMY
- BY 1987, THE ECONOMY MADE MAJOR STRIDES TOWARDS
IMPROVING LIVING STANDARDS
67ECONOMY
- THE EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY WAS GREATLY
INCREASED BY - REVIVAL OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM
- OPENING OF THE ECONOMY TO BROADER TRADE
- THE EXPANDED USE OF THE MARKET TO VITALISE
COMMERCE
68ECONOMY
- INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES DISPERSED
- GROWING POOL OF TECHNICIANS
69ECONOMIC REFORMS
- DENG XIAO PENG ERA
- FOUR POINT MODERNISATION PROGRAMME
- SHARPLY REDUCED AGRICULTURAL YIELDS IN 1950s
AND 1960s
70ECONOMIC REFORMS
- DENG XIAO PENG ERA
- AFTER 1979, PEASANT HOUSEHOLDS WERE ALLOCATED
THEIR OWN PLOTS OF LAND UNDER CONTRACT
71ECONOMIC REFORMS
- DENG XIAO PENG ERA
- ALLOWED TO SELL THE SURPLUS IN THE MARKET
- THE AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH RATE OF AGRICULTURAL
ROSE TO 5.2
72ECONOMIC REFORMS
- BETWEEN LATE 70s AND 90s THE INDUSTRIAL
PRODUCTION INCREASED AT A RATE OF 10.8 - THE COAL OUTPUT HAS DOUBLED
- ELECTRICITY HAS INCREASED BY THREE TIMES
- STEEL PRODUCTION BY TWO AND HALF TIMES
73SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REFORMS
- LOST SCIENTISTS AND TECHNICIANS DURING THE
CULTURAL REVOLUTION - CHINA TILL RECENTLY BELIEVED IN THE "COPY-BOOK"
TECHNOLOGY (REVERSE ENGINEERING)
74SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REFORMS
- THE THRUST WAS ON QUANTITY AND NOT QUALITY BEFORE
REFORMS - NOW THE THRUST IN CHINA IS FOCUSSING ON QUALITY
75SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REFORMS
- 5000 RESEARCH INSTITUTES FUNDED BY BEIJING
- BY 1997 27 MILLION PROFESSIONALS AND
TECHNICIANS
76SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REFORMS
- SCIENTIFIC EXPENDITURE IN 1997 WAS 6.88
BILLION - 33,000 KEY RESULTS, 62,000 PATENT APPLICATIONS
APPROVED -
77SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REFORMS
- 2.46 LAKH CONTRACTS OF TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY
- THE VALUES OF TRANSACTIONS WERE 2.53 BILLION
78PLA AND INDUSTRY
- CONVERSION OF MILITARY TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRODUCING
CIVILIAN GOODS A BOOMING SUCCESS - THE PLA HAS SOME 10,000 VENTURES, WHICH BRING IN
AN ANNUAL PROFIT OF 5 TO 6 BILLION DOLLARS
79FOREIGN TRADE
- FOREIGN TRADE FOR 1992 HAD BEEN EQUAL TO THAT FOR
THE PREVIOUS 13 YEARS - FOREIGN TRADE IN 1993 WAS ITSELF TWICE AS THAT OF
1992 - SHOWN A SUSTAINED GROWTH RATE OF OVER 10 DURING
THAT PERIOD
80FOREIGN TRADE
- HOWEVER THE YEARS AFTER 1992 IT HAS SHOWN A
REDUCTION IN GROWTH RATE - SEEMS POISED TO BECOME THE WORLD'S LARGEST
ECONOMY BY 2010
81FOREIGN INVESTMENT
- CHOSEN TO ATTRACT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
- MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES WERE ENCOURAGED BECAUSE
OF TWO REASONS - TO PRODUCE GOODS AND SERVICES AT HIGHLY
COMPETITIVE RATES - INFLOW SERVED AS A SHAKE UP TO THE STATE OWNED
ENTERPRISES
82SOCIALIST MARKET ECONOMY
- IN 1993, ADOPTED 'CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOCIALIST
MARKET ECONOMY - RECOGNITION OF THE COMPATIBILITY OF MARKET FORCES
AND SOCIALIST IDEOLOGY
83SOCIALIST MARKET ECONOMY
- IMPRESSIVE GROWTH RATE OF THE GDP RECORDED BY THE
CHINESE ECONOMY - THE CAPITAL GOODS SEGMENT HAVE OUTPERFORMED THE
GDP
84MARKET REFORMS
- REALISED THAT SUCCESS OF REFORMS DEPENDS ON THE
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR - CONCENTRATED ON DEVELOPING A SOUND INFRASTRUCTURE
FOR THE AGRICULTURAL
85MARKET REFORMS
- REFORMS INTRODUCED AS SMALL SCALE EXPERIMENTS ON
REGIONAL BASIS - THE EMPHASIS OF ALL THE REFORMS HAS BEEN
OUTWARD LOOKING TO ATTRACT FDI
86OBSTACLES IN MARKET REFORMS
- SHORT TERM PROSPECTS PRESENT A VERY ROSY
PICTURE - A NEED TO SERIOUSLY ADDRESS LONG TERM MACRO
ECONOMIC IMBALANCES - MANY IDEOLOGICAL CONTRADICTIONS
87OBSTACLES IN MARKET REFORMS
- 85 OF FDI CONFINED TO THE COASTAL REGIONS
- SUPPLY BOTTLENECKS IN ENERGY AND RAW MATERIALS
- DISPARITY BETWEEN REGIONS IN INCOME AND STANDARD
OF LIVING - MAY MANIFEST INTO STRIFE
88PROBLEM AREAS
- INCREASING BUDGET DEFICIT
- VAST STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES SECTOR
- BOTH ASPECTS CANNOT BE READILY CORRECTED
89PROBLEM AREAS
- THE VAST POPULATION OF CHINA HAS RESULTED
EXCESSIVE ORGANISATION - GROWING DISSATISFACTION OF PEASANTRY
- FOOD SHORTAGE AND GRADUAL WEAKENING OF
CENTRAL FORCES
90PROBLEM AREAS
- THE POLITICAL STRUCTURE A SERIOUS BOTTLE NECK
- REFORMS INSEPARABLY LINKED WITH THE CONTINUITY
OF SINGLE POLITICAL PARTY
91SINO - US ECONOMIC RELATIONS
- CAREFULLY CULTIVATED THE US BUSINESS COMMUNITY
- THEIR AMBASSADORS INFLUENCE US DECISION MAKING
BODIES - HAS REACH IN EVERY BRANCH OF THE US GOVERNMENT
92SINO - US ECONOMIC RELATIONS
- DESPITE DIVERGENT VIEWS, THE USA HAS BEEN
REVIEWING RENEWING THE MFN STATUS - USA HAS DE-LINKED THE HUMAN RIGHTS PERFORMANCE
FROM TRADE
93- Trade is not the most effective way to
pressurise china to improve its human rights
record - US SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
94SINO - US ECONOMIC RELATIONS
- ECONOMIC RECOVERY OF USA DEPENDS ON
- LEVELS OF EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY
- STABLE PATTERN OF EXPORT PERFORMANCE
- INVOLVES TARGETING NEW AND LARGE MARKETS
95SINO - US ECONOMIC RELATIONS
- IN THE ECONOMIC EQUATION USA IS A DISADVANTAGED
PARTNER - NOT RENEWING THE MFN STATUS WOULD AFFECT 10 OF
CHINESE EXPORTS
96OWL NEWS MONDAY
97PARTS OF SPEECH
- NOUN
- PRONOUN
- ADJECTIVE
- VERB
- ADVERB
- PREPOSITION
- CONJUNCTION
- INTERJECTION
98SORRYSNaFU(Standard Naval F Up)
DEFINITION AS PER JSSD VOL III
99PARTS OF SPEECH
- World Trade Organisation
- Sino-Indian Defence Strategy
- 1962 War
- Crystal Ball Gazing
- Maritime Air Operations
- ABC of World Economy
- IMF Graph
- Black Magic
100DS
- BEFORE RELEGATION
- DIRECTED STUFF
- AFTER RELEGATION
- DIRECTING STAFF
101HINDI CHEENEE BYE BYE
102 MAODelhi HeldiKuthar
ThakurMahe HemaChetak KatchaShankush
Sushkhan
103 WORLDS GDP
2000
YEAR
104ATTRACTIONS IN DECEMBER
- HRD CAPSULE
- PAK AND CHINA CONFIDENTIAL
- EMP OF STK CORPS
- MID TERM BREAK.
- DONT MISS THEM.
105STRATEGIC COMPULSIONS AND THREAT PERCEPTIONS
106INDICATORS TO MODERNISATION OF PLA
- DEFENCE EXPENDITURE-4 TIMES THE OFFICIAL DECLARED
EXPENDITURE - PEOPLES WAR UNDER MODERN CONDITIONS (PEUMC) AN
AIRLAND BATTLE DOCTRINE
107INDICATORS TO MODERNISATION OF PLA
- THE THRUST IN ACQUISITION OF SCIENTIFIC AND
TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY - ARMS ACQUISITION AND MILITARY MODERNISATION
108GEOPOLITICAL ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY
- AN IMPORTANT DIMENSION
- RESPONSIBLE FOR SHAPING THREAT PERCEPTIONS,
FOREIGN AND DEFENCE POLICIES
109GEOPOLITICAL ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY
- CENTRED AROUND TWO FACETS
- HER EXTREME POSSESSIVE ATTITUDE TO HER PRESENT
AND PAST TERRITORIES - HER SENSITIVENESS TO SECCESSIONARY TENDENCIES
110IRREDENTISM
111CHINESE CLAIM ON TAIWAN
- EVERY SOVEREIGN STATE HAS A RIGHT TO PROTECT ITS
UNITY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY - TAIWAN HISTORICALLY BELONGS TO CHINA
- IT IS CONSIDERED A PART OF CHINA BY THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
112Tibet
113BACKGROUND
- THE EXTENT OF CHINESE INFLUENCE AND CONTROL
OVER TIBET IS DISPUTED SINCE CHINA ITSELF WAS
UNDER THE COLONIAL YOKE
114BACKGROUND
- BRITISH REGARDED TIBET AS A BUFFER STATE
- SHIMLA CONFERENCE OF 1914, RECOGNISED CHINESE
SUZERAINTY, BUT NOT SOVEREIGNTY, OVER TIBET -
115BACKGROUND
- PLA INVADED TIBET IN 1950
-
- IN 1954, INDIA REACHED AN AGREEMENT RECOGNISED
TIBET AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF CHINA
116BACKGROUND
- DALAI LAMA FLED TO INDIA
- THE CHINESE REGARD THE GOVERNMENT IN EXILE AS AN
OBSTACLE TO INDO CHINESE RELATIONS
117DEFENCE FORCES OF CHINA
118THE PLA
- THE PEOPLES LIBERATION ARMY CONSISTS OF
- THE ARMY
- THE NAVY
- THE AIR FORCE
119DOCTRINE
- NO MAJOR WAR IS GOING TO BE FOUGHT IN THE NEAR
FUTURE - PROPELLED HER INTO A DOCTRINE CALLED PEOPLES WAR
UNDER MODERN CONDITIONS - CREATION OF THE RAPID REACTION FORCE
120DOCTRINE
- THE PLA IN FUTURE CONFLICT IS EXPECTED TO OCCUPY
DISPUTED AREAS WITH A HIGH-TECH ARMY - THEREAFTER, LEAVE IT TO THE POLITICAL LEADERS TO
NEGOTIATE FAVOURABLY -
121ARMY
- WORLDS LARGEST MILITARY FORCE
- DEFENCE BUDGET 10 8 Bn
- PLA STRENGTH 3 MILLION
122ARMY
- ARMY 2 2 MILLION MEN (80 OF THE PLAS TOTAL
MANPOWER) - CONSIDERED TO BE A DEFENSIVE FORCE
- LACKS LOGISTICS SUPPORT FOR PROTRACTED
LARGE-SCALE OPERATIONS
123ROLES ASSIGNED TO THE PLA
- TO DEFEND THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE PRC
- TO DETER ATTACK BY ANY NATION
124ROLES ASSIGNED TO THE PLA
- TO ASSIST IN THE MAINTENANCE OF INTERNAL SECURITY
IN PRC - TO SUPPORT THE FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTIVES OF PRC
125ORGANISATION
- CHINA IS DIVIDED INTO 7 MILITARY REGIONS
126SHENYANG
JINAN
127ARMY
- THE ERSTWHILE 35 FIELD ARMIES HAVE BEEN SEEN
REORGANISED INTO 21 INTEGRATED GROUP ARMIES
128ARMY
- CONSCRIPTION IS COMPULSORY BUT SELECTIVE
- ONLY SOME OF THE POTENTIAL RESERVIST ARE CALLED
UP - SERVICE IS THREE YEARS WITH THE ARMY, FOUR YEARS
WITH THE AF AND NAVY
129COMPOSITION OF GP ARMIES
- 78 INF DIVS
- 10 ARMD
- 5 ARTY DIVS
- 15 ENGR REGTS
- PMF 1.2 MILLION
130TYPES OF GP ARMIES
- PLAINS
- MOUNTAINS
- FRONTIER/COASTAL
131ARMY EQPT HOLDINGS
- MBT 8,800
- LT TANKS 1,200
- AFV/ICV 5,500
- TOWED ARTY 14,500
- HEPTRS 130
132OWL NEWS MONDAY
133NAVY(PLAN)
- THE END OF COLD WAR HAS LEFT A VACUUM IN EXTRA
REGIONAL NAVAL PRESENCE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN - CHINA CONSIDERS HER RIGHT TO BE THE SUCCESSOR TO
THE USSR AND US FLEETS
134NAVY(PLAN)
- CHINESE MARITIME DEVELOPMENTS STARTED IN 1960s
- SHIP YARD EXPANSION AND SHIP BUILDING RECEIVED
DUE ATTENTION FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS DECADE
135NAVY(PLAN)
- THE PLA NAVY (PLAN) IS LARGE AND HAS INDEPENDENT
AIR ARM - MODERNISATION OF PLAN INCLUDES UPGRADING OF
SHIPBOARD WEAPON SYSTEMS
136NAVY(PLAN)
- BUILDING LARGE DESTROYERS EQUIPPED WITH WESTERN
TECHNOLOGY - BUILDING LARGE BATTLESHIPS FITTED WITH MISSILES
AND ADVANCED ELECTRONICS
137NAVY(PLAN)
- EXPECTED TO EITHER BUILD OR BUY SEVERAL LIGHT
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS BY 2026
138ORGANIZATION OF PLAN
- THE PLAN IS ORGANISED IN
- NORTH SEA FLEET
- SOUTH SEA FLEET
- EAST SEA FLEET
139NORTH SEA FLEET
QINGDAO
140SOUTH SEA FLEET
DONSHAN
DONSHAN
ZHANJIANG
141EAST SEA FLEET
LIANYUNGANG
SHANGHAI
DONGSHAN
142TOTAL ASSETS
- HAS 18 BASES WHICH CAN TAKE UP TO ABOUT 1850
VESSELS - THE CHINESE NAVY IS 2,60,000 MEN STRONG
-
143TOTAL ASSETS
- 54 SURFACE WARSHIPS, 860 COASTAL VESSELS AND 105
SUBMARINES - OF THESE ONE IS XIA CLASS SSBN AND THREE ARE
HAN CLASS SSNS
144TOTAL ASSETS
- SUBMARINES 63
- DESTROYERS 18
- FRIGATES 35
- MISSILE CRAFT 163
- MINE LAYER 1
- MINE SWEEPERS 118
- LST 73
- COMBAT AC 541
- HEPTRS 25 (ARMED)
145OWL NEWS MONDAY
146Reporting from Beijing
147PLA AIR FORCE
148SOVIET SUPPLIED AIRCRAFT
- MIG - 15, 17, 19 AND 21
- IL -28
- TU - 4
149PLAAF ORGANISATION
- BASED ON SOVIET PATTERN
- 12 AIRCRAFT PER SQN
- 03 SQN PER REGMENT
- 03 REGMENT PER AIR DIVISION
150ROLES ASSIGNED
- AIR DEFENCE
- GROUND ATTACK
- TACTICAL BOMBING
151PLA AF HOLDING
- AD ARTY 16 DIV
- 03 AIRBORNE PARA DIV
152PLA AF HOLDING
- FIGHTERS 4100 ( F-6,A-5,
- F- 7,F-8,Q-5)
- BOMBERS 400
- TRANSPORT 400
- RECCE 290
- HEPTRS 210
153MODERNISATION
- AIRCRAFT ACQUISITION
- ( SU-27, MIG 31)
- AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS
- DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIROLE AGILE AIRCRAFT
- MOU WITH INDIA AND KOREA FOR TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
154MODERNISATION
- AVIONICS FOR SURVEILLANCE AND
RECCONAISSANCE - ASI-5 MULTIMODE FIRE CONTROL RADAR
- DAY/NIGHT IMAGING PODS
155STRATEGIC MISSILES
DF-5 (CSS-4) ICBM/MIRV NUCLEAR
15000 KM DF-4 (CSS-3) ICBM
NUCLEAR 7000 KM DF-5
(CSS-2) IRBM NUCLEAR 2700
KM JL1 SLBM NUCLEAR
2200 -3000 KM DF-31 ICBM NUCLEAR
gt8000 KM
156LEGEND
AIRFIELD
ROAD
157OWL NEWS MONDAY
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160CHINESE NUCLEAR CAPABILITY
- HOW MIGHT CHINA USE THE ATOM BOMB?
161OBJECTIVES OF NUCLEAR CAPABILITY
- NATIONAL SECURITY BY DETERRING AN ATTACK BY A
SUPER POWER - ESTABLISH INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATING POSITION FROM
A POSITION OF STRENGTH
162OBJECTIVES OF NUCLEAR CAPABILITY
- TO BREAK THE NUCLEAR MONOPOLY OF WORLD SUPER
POWERS
163NUCLEAR PROGRAMME
- BEGAN NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME WITH THE HELP
OF ERSTWHILE SOVIET UNION IN 1950s - DUE TO CONFLICTS WITH USSR DECIDED TO GO AHEAD ON
HER OWN
164NUCLEAR PROGRAMME
- IT IS SUSPECTED THAT NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY WAS
STOLEN FROM THE USA BY CHINA
165NUCLEAR ARSENAL
- 400 WARHEADS
- SECOND ARTY CORPS RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERY
- DELIVERY BY FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
166CHINESE NUCLEAR STRATEGY
- AMBIGUOUS IN CONTRAST WITH THAT OF RUSSIA AND THE
USA - FINAL AUTHORITY FOR THE USE RESTS WITH THE PARTY
167CHINESE NUCLEAR STRATEGY
- BELIEVES IN FLEXIBLE RESPONSE STRATEGY
- RETAIN THE OPTION OF SELECTIVE DETERRENCE
168CHINESE NUCLEAR STRATEGY
- TO FORCE NUCLEAR INACTION BY FRIGHTENING THE
ADVERSARY - PLEDGES NOT TO BE THE FIRST TO USE NUCLEAR
WEAPONS
169CHINESE NUCLEAR STRATEGY
- USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS WITHIN OWN TERRITORY
AGAINST AN INVADING ARMY IS NOT A VIOLATION OF
THE PLEDGE
170TRI-POLAR DETERRENCE
- TWO PRONGED STRATEGY TO DETER RUSSIA AND US
- CAN MATERIALLY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TARGETS IT
CAN ATTACK IN SHORT SPAN OF TIME
171OWL NEWS MONDAY
172CATEGORISATION OF THREAT
- INTERNAL
- MINORITIES
- LIBERALISATION
- CHANGING CULTURAL VALUES
173CATEGORISATION OF THREAT
- EXTERNAL
- USA - OPEN ADVERSARY
- JAPAN - POWERFUL RESURGENT ADVERSARY
- VIETNAM - UNPREDICTABLE ACE HITMAN
174CATEGORISATION OF THREAT
- EXTERNAL
- RUSSIA - POWERFUL THREATENING FORCE
- INDIA - NEO-NUCLEAR WITH ADVANCING MISSILE
TECHNOLOGY
175CHINESE GEOPOLITICAL FACETS
- EXTREME POSSESSIVE ATTITUDE TO HER TERRITORIES
- SENSITIVENESS TO SECESSIONERY TENDENCIES
176SUPPORT TO SECESSIONIST MOVEMENT
- HAS LARGE ETHNIC POPULATION OF
- KAZAKHS
- KYRGHYS
- TAZIKS
- UIGHURS
177SUPPORT TO SECESSIONIST MOVEMENT
- MOSTLY MUSLIMS AND SHARE CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS
LINKS WITH CARs - RISE OF TALIBAN ALARMED THESE STATES
178SUPPORT TO SECESSIONIST MOVEMENT
- LESS LIKELY TO SUPPORT THESE MINORITIES
- SHANGHAI TREATY STOP SPONSORING THESE GROUPS
179TIBET
- CONQUERED BY MONGOLS IN 13TH CENTURY
- CAME UNDER MANCHU CONTROL IN 18TH CENTURY
180CRITICAL DEFICIENCIES IN MILITARY CAPABILITIES OF
CHINA
- EQUIPMENT IS 10-20 YEARS BEHIND THAT OF THE WEST
- MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OUTDATED
181CRITICAL DEFICIENCIES IN MILITARY CAPABILITIES OF
CHINA
- LACKS INTEGRATED AIRBORNE WARNING AND CONTROL
SYSTEM (AWACS) FORCE - UAVs ARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT
182CRITICAL DEFICIENCIES IN MILITARY CAPABILITIES OF
CHINA
- SYSTEMS - INTEGRATION SKILLS ARE POOR
- INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES AND
NON-EXISTENT INTEGRATED LOGISTIC SUPPORT
183PROGRESS MADE
- SOME AREAS OF COMMAND AND CONTROL
- CRUISE MISSILE TECHNOLOGY
184CONTROL OF SLOC IN IOR REGION
- NAVAL CONFLICT IN BAY OF BENGAL LESS LIKELY
- SLOCs ARE IMPORTANT FOR US AND WESTERN POWERS IN
THIS REGION
185LAND THREAT
- INTEGRATED WAR IN THREE DIMENSIONS AIR LAND
BATTLE - USE OF AIR, HELIBORNE, AIRBORNE AND SPECIAL
FORCES IN A SIMULTANEOUS DEEP BATTLE - TRAINING IN NBC SCENARIOS, BOTH IN OFFENCE AND
DEFENCE
186MARITIME THREAT
- REGARDS INDIA AS A POTENTIAL COMPETITOR FOR
CONTROL IN SOUTH EAST ASIA AND AS THE
PRINCIPLE ADVERSARY ACROSS MALACCA STRAITS - HER INTERESTS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN ARE LONG-TERM
AND STRATEGIC
187POLICY IN THE BAY OF BENGAL
- TO DEVELOP RELATIONS WITH MYANMAR - LAND BASED
ACCESS IN BAY OF BENGAL - TO DEVELOP A BLUE-WATER CAPABILITY
- TO LIMIT INDIAN NAVAL FORCE PROJECTION TO THE
WEST OF SINGAPORE
188Military Counter Measures
189MILITARY COUNTER MEASURES
- INDIAN ARMED FORCES UNDER CONSTRAINTS OF
BUDGETING - UNLIKELY TO GROW IN SIZE
190MILITARY COUNTER MEASURES
- CHINA RECOGNISED THE NEED TO REDUCE MANPOWER
- PLA HAS LESS ECONOMIC LIMITATIONS
- INDIAN ARMED FORCES RESTRUCTURE ITSELF TO SUIT
POLITICAL ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
191INDIAN RESPONSE TO CHINESE THREAT IN 21ST CENTURY
- RESTRUCTURING AND RESIZING THE ARMY
- DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGICAL FORCE
MULTIPLIERS - INTEGRATED STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL C4I2 SYSTEMS
192INDIAN RESPONSE TO CHINESE THREAT IN 21ST CENTURY
- DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGICAL FORCE
MULTIPLIERS - BETTER RADARS, SAMS, SSMS, UAVS,
- AIR-TO- AIR REFUELLING
- INTEGRATED LOGISTICS
193INDIAN RESPONSE TO CHINESE THREAT IN 21ST CENTURY
- DEVELOPMENT OF CREDIBLE RAPID DEPLOYMENT AND
AMPHIBIOUS CAPABILITY OF A DIVISION EACH - DOCTRINAL SHIFT TO INFO-AGE WARFARE
194OWL NEWS MONDAY
195SPOT WHATS WRONG CONTEST
- SPOT WHATS WRONG IN THE PHOTOGRAPH WE SHOW YOU.
- 100 EARLY BIRD PRIZES.
- FIRST TEN CORRECT ENTRIES. FREE TRIP TO PYKARA,
ALL EXPENSES PAID. - WINNER FREE MSC DEGREE
- ONE BUMPER PRIZE. PSC QUALIFICATION.
196CHINESE AIR FORCE
197SEND IN YOUR ENTRIES TO
- CHINA STUDY CELL C/O AIR WING DSSC WELLINGTON
TAMILNADU.
198P A R T I V
199FOREIGN POLICY OF CHINA
200SINO - RUSSIA
201SINO RUSSIA
- SITUATION CHANGED WITH THE FORMATION OF THE CIS
- RUSSIA APPRECIATED THAT CHINA COULD BECOME AN
IMPORTANT ALLY IN THIS NEW UNI-POLAR WORLD ORDER - CHINA HAD MONEY POWER AND RUSSIA HAD THE
TECHNOLOGY
202HISTORICAL AGREEMENT
- ALL CONTROVERSIES AND BORDER DISPUTES WERE TO BE
SETTLED BY PEACEFUL MEANS - CEDING OF TERRITORIES TO EACH OTHER AND REDUCTION
OF TROOPS AT THE BORDERS
203HISTORICAL AGREEMENT
- MODEL TREATY FOR SETTLING BORDER DISPUTES BETWEEN
VARIOUS NATIONS
204RUSSIA
CHINA
STRATEGIC TRIANGLE
?
INDIA
205SINO - JAPAN
206SINO - JAPAN
- HISTORICALLY JAPAN HAS BEEN A THREAT TO CHINA
- 1978 TREATY OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP
- 1996 JAPANESE RIGHT WING GROUP LANDED ON SENKAKU
ISLAND
207STEPS TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS
- PRESIDENT HASHIMOTO MET PRESIDENT JIANG ZEMIN IN
1996 - IN 1997 JAPAN ANNOUNCED LIFTING OF THE FREEZE OF
GRANTS IN AID
208STEPS TO NORMALISE RELATIONS
- UNDERSTANDING REACHED TO EXPAND CO-OPERATION IN
THE AREAS OF - HIGH TECHNOLOGY
- INFORMATION
209STEPS TO NORMALISE RELATIONS
- UNDERSTANDING REACHED TO EXPAND CO-OPERATION IN
THE AREAS OF - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- AGRICULTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE
- PROMOTE SECURITY DIALOGUES
- 33 ITEM CO-OPERATION PLAN
210TAIWAN
211REASONS FOR TENSIONS
- VISIT TO CORNELL UNIVERSITY IN 1995 BY TAIWAN
PRESIDENT LEE-TENG-HUI - SHIFT FROM THE AGREEMENT SIGNED BY PRESIDENT
RICHARD NIXON IN 1972
212TAIWANS REQUIREMENTS
- VOTERS ON THE ISLAND FOR INDEPENDENCE
- INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF ITS SOVEREIGN STATUS
- BECOME SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM CHINA
213RESULTS OF INTERNET SURVEY CARRIED OUT FOR
SOVEREIGNTY
- 70.17 SAID "YES"
- 20. 28 SAID "NO
214CLAIM OF JURISDICTION OVER TAIWAN
- EVERY SOVEREIGN STATE HAS THE RIGHT TO PROTECT
ITS UNITY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY - TAIWAN HISTORICALLY BELONGS TO CHINA
215CLAIM OF JURISDICTION OVER TAIWAN
- THE PROCLAMATION ISSUED AT THE CAIRO CONFERENCE
IN 1943 STATES THAT TAIWAN BE RETURNED TO CHINA - TAIWAN IS CONSIDERED A PART OF CHINA BY THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
216WORLD POSITION ON TAIWAN
- NO PERMISSION REQUIRED FROM CHINA TO
- TRADE WITH TAIWAN
- TRANSIT PEOPLE, AIRCRAFT AND SHIPS TO AND FROM
TAIWAN
217WORLD POSITION ON TAIWAN
- CHINAS CLAIM OVER TAIWAN IS FACTUALLY WEAK
- NO IMMEDIATE ANSWER
218SINO US
219SINO-US RELATIONS
- DECISION OF THE US TO SUPPORT CHIANG-KAI SHEK IN
HIS STRUGGLE AGAINST MAO - KOREAN CONFLICT OF 1950
220SINO-US RELATIONS
- EISENHOWER'S THREAT TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPON
- US SUPPLY OF ARMS AND EQUIPMENT TO TAIWAN
221RELATIONS NOW
- RICHARD NIXON CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED THEIR
RELATIONS - THE MILITARY TIES WERE STRENGTHENED IN THE LATE
70s
222RELATIONS NOW
- CHINA CONSIDERS USA MORE AS A FRIEND THAN AN ALLY
- USA ON THE OTHER HAND, SEES CHINA AS AN EMERGING
MARKET FOR HER GOODS
223AMERICAN POLICY
- BASED ON 1979 TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT
- BEIJING OPPOSED INTERFERENCE IN DOMESTIC POLITICS
- LIKELY DANGER TO SINO-US RELATIONS
224SINO - EU
225CHINA -EU
- CHINA IS THE THIRD LARGEST NON-EUROPEAN TRADING
PARTNER FOR THE EU - THE EU BACKS CHINA'S TRANSITION TOWARDS AN OPEN
SOCIETY BASED UPON THE RULE OF LAW
226AREAS OF MUTUAL CO-OPERATION
- REGIONAL CO-OPERATION
- ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
- ARMS CONTROL AND NON-PROLIFERATION
- REDUCTION IN CROSS BORDER CRIMES
227SINO - SRILANKA
228FOREIGN POLICY
- ATTITUDE WAS DETERMINED BY THREE MAJOR FACTORS
- SRI LANKA'S CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH UNITED KINGDOM
- DOMESTIC POLITICS
- SOVIET UNIONS VETO OF SRI LANKA'S ADMISSION TO
THE UNITED NATIONS
229SRI LANKAS VIEW
- INTENSE DISLIKE FOR COMMUNISM
- A NEW POWER PATTERN WITH INDIA AS THE DOMINANT
POWER IN THE SUBCONTINENT - WELCOMES COUNTER POISE TO INDIA'S POWER AND
INFLUENCE
230SINO- MYANMAR
231CHINA'S POLICY
- STAGES OF CHINAS POLICY
- MYANMAR PRO-WEST
- ACCUSED U Nu AS STOOGE OF US
- THE WHITE FLAG COMMUNIST MOVEMENT
- CHINA'S MOVE TO RESTORE STATUS QUO
232MYANMARS RESPONSE
- WITHDREW FROM THE NON-ALIGNMENT MOVEMENT
- RECEPTIVE TO CHINAS NEEDS TO WARD OFF THREATS OF
REBELS - CHINESE HAVE OBTAINED BASE FACILITIES FROM
MYANMAR AT HANGYI ISLANDS AND COCO ISLAND
233SINO BANGLADESH
234BACKGROUND
- CHINA NEVER SUPPORTED THE BANGLA MOVEMENT FOR
INDEPENDENCE - RECOGNISED BANGLADESH AS LATE AS 1975
235PRESENT SITUATION
- CHINA IS MAJOR SUPPLIER OF ARMS
- ACTIVE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN CHINA AND BANGLADESH
236SINO - NEPAL
237CHINA NEPAL RELATIONS
- HISTORICAL LINKS
- GEO-CONTIGUOUS STATES
- LOFTY HIMALAYAS AS INSULATION
238CHINA NEPAL RELATIONS
- LOCATION STRATEGIC
- NEPAL A BUFFER STATE
239SINO - PAK
240CHINA PAKISTAN RELATIONS
- FIRST MUSLIM COUNTRY TO RECOGNISE PRC
- PAKISTAN GAVE AWAY 2050 SQ KM OF POK
- PIA FIRST AIRLINE OPERATING TO BEIJING
241CHINESE ROLE IN THE 1965 INDO-PAK WAR
- CHINA HELD INDIA SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR CONFLICT
- SUPPORTED KASHMIRIS RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION
242CHINESE ROLE IN THE 1965 INDO-PAK WAR
- ACCUSED UN OF ACTING TO PAKISTAN'S DETRIMENT
- REACTED VIOLENTLY IN SIKKIM
243CHINA'S POLICY ON PAKISTAN
- AGGRESSIVE EXPANSION / DIPLOMATIC MANOEUVRING
AIMED TO - - DOMINATE SOUTH ASIA
- INTEGRATE THE SOUTH ASIAN ECONOMY WITH HER OWN
- SUPPLICATE US INFLUENCE IN ASIA
244BENEFITS TO PAKISTAN
- DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT
- MILITARY EQUIPMENT IN LARGE AMOUNTS
245BENEFITS TO PAKISTAN
- ASSISTANCE IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND DEFENCE
PRODUCTION - TRANSFER OF INTERMEDIATE BALLISTIC MISSILES LIKE
THE M-11 SRBMS ETC
246SINO - INDIA
247CHINA - INDIA
- INDIA AND CHINA EMERGED AS POLITICAL ENTITIES AT
THE SAME TIME - INDIA - PEACEFUL DEMOCRATIC NON - ALIGNED COUNTRY
- CHINA - MODERN COMMUNIST NATION
248RELATIONS
- NEVER FOLLOWED ANY UNIFORM PATTERN
- SINO-INDIAN RELATIONS BEST UNDERSTOOD BY DIVIDING
IT INTO DIFFERENT PERIODS
249PERIOD FROM 1947-50
- PT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU DESCRIBED CHINA AS "A MIGHTY
COUNTRY WITH A MIGHTY PAST" - INDIA RECOGNISED THE PRC IN DEC 1949
250PERIOD FROM 1950-54
- CHANGES IN RELATIONS FROM IDEOLOGICAL DISTANCE TO
STATE OF FRIENDSHIP DESPITE - KOREAN WAR
- TAKE OVER OF TIBET BY THE PLA
251PERIOD OF HINDI-CHINI-BHAI-BHAI
- SOCIO-CULTURAL EXCHANGES
- CHINESE INCURSIONS IN NORTHERN FRONTIERS
- 1956 57 ROAD ACROSS AKSAI - CHIN
252PERIOD FROM 1959 - 62
- IN JAN 1959 CHOU EN LAI CHALLENGED ESTABLISHED
BOUNDARY BETWEEN INDIA AND CHINA - IN SEP 1959 CLAIMED 50,000 SQ MILES OF INDIAN
TERRITORY
253PERIOD FROM 1959 - 62
- IN 1962 CHINA MOUNTED A FULL-FLEDGED ATTACK ON
INDIA - CHINA MOVED CLOSER TO PAKISTAN SUPPORTED HER
IN 1965, 71 WARS WITH INDIA
254PERIOD SINCE 1976
- IN 1976 DIPLOMATIC TIES RESUMED
- MODEST LINKS IN TRADE, BANKING AND SHIPPING
RE-ESTABLISHED - IN 1988 JOINT WORKING GROUP SET UP TO SOLVE THE
BORDER DISPUTES
255HURDLES IN RELATIONS
- CHINA DOES NOT RECOGNISE MAC MAHON LINE
- SIKKIM AND ARUNACHAL ARE NOT RECOGNISED BY CHINA
AS PARTS OF INDIA - AKSAI CHIN STANDS IN THE WAY
256HURDLES IN RELATIONS
- OVERT AND COVERT SUPPORT BY CHINA TO PAKISTAN
- CHINA SEES INDIA AS A MAJOR RIVAL IN SE ASIA
257HURDLES IN RELATIONS
- JOINED HANDS WITH PAKISTAN TO INTERNATIONALISE
THE KASHMIR ISSUE - CHINA'S MILITARY BASES IN MYANMAR AND TIBET
- INDIA'S NUCLEAR TESTS NOT LIKED BY CHINA
258HURDLES IN RELATIONS
- INDIA MUST SIGN THE CTBT AND THE NPT
UNCONDITIONALLY - INDIA'S SUPPORT TO THE DALAI LAMA
259PART V
260CHINA CRYSTAL GAZING
261- A first- rate theory predicts a second- rate
theory forbids and a third- rate theory explains
after the event. - Alexander Isaakovich Kitaigordskii
-
262PRO DEMOCRACY
- ELECTIONS AT VILLAGE AND LOCAL LEVELS
-
- KEEN INTEREST IN INDIAN DEMOCRACY
- DEMOCRACY AN ACCEPTABLE FORM OF GOVERNMENT
- TINNANMEN SQUARE INCIDENT AND COLLAPSE OF
ERSTWHILE USSR
263ANTI DEMOCRACY
- Communism more suited to manage large
countries like China -
- Common man not interested in democracy
264POLITICAL SCENARIO
- EMERGING MULTI-POLAR WORLD
- INDIA SHOULD MAINTAIN EQUI-DISTANCE
- INDO-RUSSIAN-CHINA AXIS
265POLITICAL SCENARIO
- INDIA IS IN THE PERIPHERAL VISION OF CHINA
- SINO-INDIAN RELATIONSHIP--THE POWER FOR ASIANS
THEORY - LIKELY ADMISSION IN G-8 AND THE WTO
266FUTURE
- DREAM OF GREATER CHINA
- GREAT MILITARY POWER
- BEFRIEND PAKISTAN
- CONFRONTATION WITH ASEAN
267The 17th century has been described as the age of
reason the 18th as of enlightenment 19th as of
progress and the 20th as one of anxiety and
extremes My hunch is that 21st century would be
a century of uncertainty
268CONCLUSION
269TRENDS IN SINO INDIA RELATIONS
- THE JOINT WORKING GROUP , AGREED IN DISENGAGEMENT
OF TROOPS IN THE ARUNACHAL PRADESH AREA - INDIAS CONCERNS ABOUT CHINESE INTENTIONS
270INDIAN CONCERNS ABOUT CHINESE INTENTIONS
271POSITIVE ASPECTS OF SINO-INDIAN RELATIONS
- CHINA'S STAND ON KASHMIR PORTRAYED DURING THE
KARGIL CRISIS - CHINA SUPPORTING INDIA'S BID FOR A NON-PERMANENT
SEAT IN THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL
272POSITIVE ASPECTS OF SINO-INDIAN RELATIONS
- SHARE THE SAME SECURITY PERCEPTION ARISING OUT OF
AFGHANISTAN AND CENTRAL ASIA - STRONG COMMITMENT TO ESTABLISH PEACE AND
TRANQUILLITY ON THE SINO-INDIAN BORDER
273MAJOR CULTURAL LANDMARKS OF CHINA
- DISCOVERY OF WRITING - SHANG PERIOD (1523-1028
BC) - PHILOSOPHICAL AGE OF ZHOU (1027 -526 BC)
- MAGNETIC COMPASS AND PAPER (202 - 220 BC)
274MAJOR CULTURAL LANDMARKS OF CHINA
THE CHANG PERIOD (618-906 AD) AGE OF CULTURAL
EXCELLENCE THE SUNG PERIOD 960-1279 AD)MOVING
TYPE AND PRINTING THE MONGOLIAN PERIOD
(1260-1368AD)
275MAJOR CULTURAL LANDMARKS OF CHINA
MING PERIOD (1368-1644 AD) COMMISSIONING OF
YUNG-LO ENCYCLOPAEDIA PHILOSOPHICAL AGE OF
ZHOU (1027 -526 BC)
276TERRITORIAL DISPUTES
- BOUNDARY DISPUTE WITH RUSSIA
- SINO-INDIAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE
- SINO-VIETNAMESE DISPUTE
- BOUNDARY DISPUTE WITH JAPAN AND CHINA
277SINO - INDIAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE
- CHINA SHARES A 2400-MILE BORDER WITH INDIA
- 128,000 SQ KM OF TERRITORY STILL DISPUTED
- PROBLEM STEMS FROM THE MARKING OF THE MCMAHON LINE
278SINO-RUSSIAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE
- DISPUTE IS OVER A SECTION OF THE CHINESE
MANCHURIAN BORDER - CREATED BY THE UNEQUAL SINO-RUSSIAN TREATIES OF
THE 19TH CENTURY - MOST PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN SORTED OUT
279SINO - VIETNAMESE DISPUTE
- THE SINO VIETNAMESE DISPUTE REVOLVES AROUND
- THE LAND BOUNDARIES
- CLAIMS OVER THE PARCEL AND SPARTLEY ISLANDS
280BOUNDARY DISPUTES WITH JAPAN AND TAIWAN
- CENTRES ON A GROUP OF ISLANDS TO THE NORTH-WEST
OF TAIWAN - THESE ISLANDS ARE REFERRED TO AS THE SENKAKUS BY
JAPAN, DEAOYUDO BY CHINA AND DIAOVUTAI BY TAIWAN
281Political Counter Measures
282STRATEGIC COUNTER MEASURES
- OPEN VIABLE NUCLEAR OPTION
- A CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT NUCLEAR DOCTRINE IS
ESSENTIAL - IMPROVEMENT OF RELATIONS WITH SUPERPOWERS
- DEVELOP INDIAN ECONOMY
283CHINESE CONCERNS
- IMPROVEMENT OF RELATIONS WITH OUR NEIGHBOURS
- INDIA NEEDS TO BE WISE IN ITS DEALINGS WITH
THE MANY NASCENT NATIONS AND POWER GROUPS