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Also Published in India in The Financial Express  as  UN Seat for Taiwan   Previous Article in Taipei Times : Combat China Through India Ties UN membership to protect Taiwan  Published in the Taipei Times By P.R. Shankar     Taiwan is a fully functional democracy with a constitution and democratically elected leaders. Over the past seven decades its political system has matured and it is completely different from communist China. It is consistently ranked as one of the freest countries by the Freedom House and Reporters Without Borders freedom indices, as well as the Heritage Index of Economic Freedom.  Taiwan’s economic and political growth has been remarkable. It is one of Asia’s major economies and a leader in the global semiconductor industry. Only 13 UN members recognize Taiwan and about 59 countries, including India, have established unofficial diplomatic relations with it.  Taiwan is an independent nation without a seat in the UN. The main hindrance to it being given full UN mem

There is a lot of steam being generated on the changes being contemplated in the Armed Forces. Aadi and I discussed this issue and took on some tricky questions. It was an interesting discussion.   

China and colour revolutions also published @ The Financial Express The term “colour revolution” has its roots in protests that toppled unpopular regimes in former Soviet states and the Middle East since early this century. Colour revolutions are street level uprisings which have led to regime change in supposedly democratic but actually authoritarian states. They are called colour revolutions because protesters wore a particular colour in the protests.  Updated:  September 20, 2022 4:15:56 pm The Shanghai lock down brought out the worst of China’s zero covid policy and crashed Xi’s ‘victory over Covid’ declaration to the ground. (File) By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R) It seemed out of place when Xi Jinping spoke of  ‘colour revolutions’ instigated by ‘external forces’ during the SCO meet. He asked member states to maintain strategic independence and safeguard regional stability. He also said  ”We should guard against attempts by external forces to instigate colour revolutions, jointly oppose

Aadi and I had a very lively discussion on India's evolving status in the post SCO times. We discuss how India has gone beyond neutrality to being a emerging pole in global affairs whose weight counts. The Q&A session was very mature and devoid of hype.    

MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL  WHO IS THE BIGGEST MONKEY OF THEM ALL?  My monkey is at it again...its comments indicate that China is GDP obsessed. From its comments I also get the feeling that it thinks that it is only Chinese who have a superior IQ and brains and that Indians are living in hubris dominated by high caste Hindus! I am not a psychologist who can not cure a brainwashed Communist monkey which thinks racially.   Hence I am showing a mirror to the monkey. But I can bet my bottom rupee that my monkey can not see since his brain is befuddled!    In yesterday's Peek Into Everyday China the trend was XI Newspictures of XIs China  from South China Morning Post. In todays 'Peek' it is just seven news pictures. The interesting thing about these seven are that they are all from one days news in South China Morning Post. Go through both these articles and you will get a mental picture of the China which is evolving in front of our eyes. We need to see the reality!    Can you

AADI AND I HAD A LIVELY DISCUSSION ON THE DISENGAGEMENT AT PP15 AND ITS CONNECT WITH THE SCO MEET  

 A picture is worth a thousand words....here are XI pictures of XIs China. If you are wondering what they are..they are simply a collection of news headlines from South China Morning Post from 02 Sep to 10 sep 22 which landed in my mail. Very importantly almost 50% of the important analysis and headlines are largely negative in nature...you still think China is a superpower?....leave it you to take a call....lets start with the drought which incidentally is still continuing though temperatures have fallen.   MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL WHO IS THE MOST POWERFUL AMONGST THEM ALL....XI-NAMA