The Indian and Chinese troops are locked in an over three-year standoff in certain friction points in eastern Ladakh even as the two sides completed disengagement from several areas following extensive diplomatic and military talks. Eastern Ladakh Row: India to Press for Early Disengagement in Remaining Friction Points at Fresh Military Talks With China.
constant tension and potential friction point. it s coming. we haven t resolved how we re going to handle china. the first thing we should do right now, we should declare them an adversary. three not a competitor. china is an adversary. france is a competitor. come up with a whole of government plan and how do we couldn ter chinese. they re out of the box right now. it goes back to what we did at the end of world war ii with the truman doctrine when we came up with containment of the soviet union. there s no plan for china and we have to get one or we ll keep seeing this week after week after week. neil: i m sure both events are not parallel events or similar events. but in 1962, the then soviet union was establishing missile
do you think this country will be facing in the coming weeks or months? i am very pessimistic. normally optimistic but in this case i am pessimistic. this is a fight to the finish between the two generals. there is no room for any compromise. 0nly generals. there is no room for any compromise. only one of them can be number one. what set this off i think remains a huge friction point is integrating the rapid support forces into the sudanese armed forces, so it will end with either one side, definitively defeating the other side, in which case the losing partner will either be exiled or unfortunately be in. the other way this will be a civil war, along the lines of what is happening in libya right now. i am very pessimistic. you say you believe it could potentially be a fight to the
beijing reacted to pelosi s visit with unprecedented military drills that simulated a blockade around the island. this trip is also different sarah because washington has tried to downplay it as just a stopover on the taiwanese president way back to taiwan, but this is still a high stakes visit. us china relations are at a low point, and this is just another friction point in those tensions, and both sides understand the risks. of any misstep or miscalculation. those tensions rise when nancy pelosi showed up in taiwan against president biden s wishes. what are the reactions are you seeing from china? you said so far pretty muted. yeah well, the angry rhetoric is continuing to escalate and the background here is china s furious about this visit because it sees taiwan as a breakaway province. that s part of its territory. that s why it gets so upset whenever taiwanese leaders engage in these high profile international meetings. beijing going as far
alliance. they would love to see us fail. on the other hand, they also continue to claim that they respect sovereignty. they are trying to build relationships with dozens of different nations across the world. if they appear to be supporting russia s blatant war, that violates sovereignty more directly than anything for about 75 years, that undermines their credibility so they will try to maintain their relationship with putin and russia while also not offending the rest of the world. the peace plan they put out was a pr effort, basically, look, we are for peace. meanwhile, behind the scenes, they are talking about escalating the war. i mean that point very clear as we were talking about how u.s. and china could potentially get along better. that russia is a major friction point and that. if china acts to prolong the war by helping russia, that is going to severely undermine