Chinese Government Daily Accuses India of ‘Flexing Its Muscle Toward China’; Says: ‘India’s Troop Increase on the Border Between China and India is Aimed at Meeting the Requirements of the United States’
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Recently, the People’s Daily Online, an official Chinese publication, published reports that expressed concern over the expansion of India’s military capabilities, especially with regard to the proposed deployment of additional troops on the India-China border. The Chinese concern follows a recent report in the Indian media that the Indian army plans to station 100,000 more troops along the India-China border.
In recent years, Indian media have published a series of reports on China’s growing military expansion and the incursion of Chinese troops into Indian territory. According to an Indian media report, India’s Ministry of Defense recently »approved a Rs. 64,000-crore (approximately $13 billion) military modernization plan that would include raising four new divisions along the India-China border. Two of these would be part of a Mountain Strike Corps dedicated to offensive operations.»
In the two reports below, China’s People’s Daily Online accused Japan of facilitating India’s military influence into East Asia and blamed India for «joining hands» with Vietnam to increase its influence in the South China Sea. The Chinese publication also accused the United States of relying on India in a strategic move to counter China and added: «India’s troop increase on the border between China and India is aimed at meeting the requirements of the United States…
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In a recent article, renowned Indian strategic affairs writer Bharat Karnad questioned the mental attitude preparedness of the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force to confront China, which he described as India’s «only consequential foe.» Karnad’s article comes amid the growing challenges from the Chinese military to the U.S. and Indian vessels in the South China Sea.
Recently, the People’s Daily Online, an official Chinese publication, published reports that expressed concern over the expansion of India’s military capabilities, especially with regard to the proposed deployment of additional troops on the India-China border. The Chinese concern follows a recent report in the Indian media that the Indian army plans to station 100,000 more troops along the India-China border.
In recent years, Indian media have published a series of reports on China’s growing military expansion and the incursion of Chinese troops into Indian territory. According to an Indian media report, India’s Ministry of Defense recently »approved a Rs. 64,000-crore (approximately $13 billion) military modernization plan that would include raising four new divisions along the India-China border. Two of these would be part of a Mountain Strike Corps dedicated to offensive operations.»
In the two reports below, China’s People’s Daily Online accused Japan of facilitating India’s military influence into East Asia and blamed India for «joining hands» with Vietnam to increase its influence in the South China Sea. The Chinese publication also accused the United States of relying on India in a strategic move to counter China and added: «India’s troop increase on the border between China and India is aimed at meeting the requirements of the United States…
http://www.drougos.gr/?p=18787
In a recent article, renowned Indian strategic affairs writer Bharat Karnad questioned the mental attitude preparedness of the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force to confront China, which he described as India’s «only consequential foe.» Karnad’s article comes amid the growing challenges from the Chinese military to the U.S. and Indian vessels in the South China Sea.
In September 2011, Indian media reported that Chinese Navy confronted an Indian vessel off the coast of Vietnam. Bharat Karnad, who has authored several books on India’s strategic and nuclear policy, is a professor in national security studies at the Centre of Policy Studies (CPS), a research institute based in New Delhi. In his article titled «Indian Armed Forces Have China Syndrome,» Karnad slammed the chiefs of the Indian military for not recognizing the growing Chinese threat to India’s interests.
Karnad went on to argue that India needs to enter military-to-military collaborations with like-minded countries such as Vietnam to confront China, stating: «Whatever the Indian military’s level of eagerness or the lack of it to go toe-to-toe with China, it may be prudent to arm on a priority basis a bold and plucky Vietnam, which has repeatedly shown that it takes no guff from anybody, with everything Hanoi desires, including the nuclearized Brahmos supersonic cruise missile.»
Karnad went on to argue that India needs to enter military-to-military collaborations with like-minded countries such as Vietnam to confront China, stating: «Whatever the Indian military’s level of eagerness or the lack of it to go toe-to-toe with China, it may be prudent to arm on a priority basis a bold and plucky Vietnam, which has repeatedly shown that it takes no guff from anybody, with everything Hanoi desires, including the nuclearized Brahmos supersonic cruise missile.»
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