Gunners Shot

                                   Also published in the Daily Guardian as a three part series                                        https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/28-september-2020/                                    https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/29-september-2020/  https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/30-september-2020/ THIS IS A LONG READ HENCE BEING PUBLISHED IN PARTS PART 1-  MYTHS AND REALITY, CHINESE CHOKERS (published on 28 sep) PART 2 - QIA BOZI (STRANGLERS) OF CHINA (published on 29 sep) PART 3 -  DEEP AND COMPLEX PROBLEMS AND ANALYSIS MORE FACTS ARE PRESENTED HERE THAN OPINIONS. THE PICTURE WHICH EMERGES IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING IMAGINARY DRAGONS AS AGAINST COUNTERING REAL CHINESE.  CHINESE REMAIN AS SHORT AS THEY WERE. PART 1-  MYTHS AND REALITY, CHINESE CHOKERS Myths and Reality Xi’s Call .    China is real. The dragon is mythical. However we will stick to the real China in this analysis.    In    May, Xi Jinping called o

https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/28-september-2020/ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/29-september-2020/ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/30-september-2020/          AT THE OUTSET - A VERY HAPPY GUNNERS DAY TO MY BROTHERS IN ARMS.   MAY OUR GUNNERS SPANK OUR ENEMIES HARD AND PROPER.  THIS IS A LONG READ HENCE BEING PUBLISHED IN PARTS. PART 1-  MYTHS AND REALITY, CHINESE CHOKERS PART 2 - STRANGLERS OF CHINA PART 3 -  DEEP AND COMPLEX PROBLEMS AND ANALYSIS MORE FACTS ARE PRESENTED HERE THAN OPINIONS. THE PICTURE WHICH EMERGES IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING IMAGINARY DRAGONS AS AGAINST COUNTERING REAL CHINESE.  CHINESE REMAIN AS SHORT AS THEY WERE. PART 1-  MYTHS AND REALITY, CHINESE CHOKERS Myths and Reality Xi’s Call .    China is real. The dragon is mythical. However we will stick to the real China in this analysis.    In    May, Xi Jinping called on the PLA to be  prepared for wars . He signalled what he was up to and conveyed it. We did not

Also published in the Daily Guardian as a three part series https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/28-september-2020/ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/29-september-2020/ https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/tdg-epaper/30-september-2020/  THIS IS A LONG READ BASED. IT IS IN THREE PARTS.  MORE FACTS ARE PRESENTED HERE THAN OPINIONS. THE PICTURE WHICH EMERGES IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING IMAGINARY DRAGONS AS AGAINST COUNTERING REAL CHINESE.  CHINESE REMAIN AS SHORT AS THEY WERE.              Part -1 MYTHS, REALITY AND CHOKERS Myths and Reality Xi’s Call .    China is real. The dragon is mythical. However we will stick to the real China in this analysis.    In    May, Xi Jinping called on the PLA to be  prepared for wars . He signalled what he was up to and conveyed it. We did not heed to his intent. How wrong were we?      Similarly When Xi Jinping,  spoke to scientists     it was one such moment when a vista was revealed. Two significant aspects of that talk stuc