Thursday 6 September 2012

CHINA/INDIA: MILITARY

India today

CHINA ON A PEACE OFFENSIVE

Manoj Joshi

India Today, September 6, 2012

China is making special effort to gear up its forces for high-altitude operations.

The Chinese are on a peace offensive now. In keeping with the precision with which they operate, the Chinese have sent three top military officers across the world to convey the message that China's actions in South Asia and the South China Sea should not be seen as threatening by anyone. It is quite another matter whether their interlocutors will receive the message that China wishes to convey. But you can't fault Beijing for not trying.

China's Defence Minister Liang Guanglie came on a four-day official visit to India on Sunday, at the head of a 23 member delegation. The delegation included Yang Jinshan, commander of the Tibet autonomous region's military district. This was the first visit by a Chinese defence minister since 2004, but Liang had visited India as chief of the general staff in 2005.

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