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In-person QUAD summit spooks China:

What really matters and kashmir is not india's only worry to the east china is also making moves.They're militarizing the border and rolling out new ships new warships are the chinese planning something big or are they simply acting out. It could be the latter acting out you know what that means resorting to brash behavior to let out suppressed feelings and reduce stress and china is stressed.

This month has been tough for them first the us britain and australia announced a new alliance against them called the orcas then the quad leaders assembled in washington dc they sent out a clear message that the quad is not some fad or c form as china once called it it's here to stay. The world is joining hands against china how does china respond the playbook is pretty predictable china has been flexing its military muscle let me tell you what they've been doing at india's eastern frontier chinese troops violating.

The line of actual control yet again reports say 100 of them crossed over into the bara hote sector in uttarakhand this happened in the month of august pla soldiers entered five kilometers into the indian territory they stayed for nearly three hours damaged a local bridge and fled before the indian patrol arrived. This is basically china's plan to militarize the line of actual control the border there's a lot of construction happening the chinese are building shelter for their troops. They're making new air strips and helipads they're carrying out night exercises this is happening in eight high altitude forward areas like hot springs changla, wahab, chirup, manza and not just new camps there are new weapons too china has deployed the s-40 anti-aircraft system at the ningxi base in tibet.

How far is being chief from the lac just 15 kilometers but what is the s 400s range 400 kilometers. This new deployment is a clear message to india rethink your role in the quad. This kind of bullying may work in the south china sea but not against india we know what happened in the gulban valley last year the chinese were totally unprepared the terrain overwhelmed them the indian troops finished the job there. So all of this preparation this border buildup is just an attempt to bridge the gap meanwhile china's second strategy is still work in progress it's being built in the dockyards of shanghai the type 03 it's been called china's largest and most advanced aircraft carrier let me give you a quick brief the type 03 is the same size as america's ford class vessels we're talking around 315 meters long. 

It has an electromagnetic catapult for launching jets. Now this is complicated technology right. Only the us and france use it if china sticks to schedule the type 03 could be sailing by 2025. Will the ship change the dynamics in the south china sea beijing certainly hopes. So you see the chinese fleet is big and noisy good enough for regional bullying but not for long distance deployments the type 03 is supposed to change that it is supposed to project chinese power beyond. The first island chains. What is the first island chain this is the chain i'm talking about a series of island groups in the south china sea. Some key us allies fall near this chain like the philippines and taiwan inside the island chain china is the top dog outside it well not so much the new aircraft carrier could change this but like all things with china there is one problem no transparency america's warships are proven so are british and french ones but china's warships are basically paper tigers.

The state media quotes impressive specifications and features but no one has seen them in action and that's the problem with the pla navy on paper they're clear favorites 350 warships against america's 293 but the quality difference is huge and do not forget america is not alone in the pacific anymore combined together the quad is miles ahead of china be it military or economy beijing can try to downplay this rivalry but their fear is evident. Here's what the chinese ambassador to india says we should refrain from interfering in each other's internal affairs or engaging in any alliance.

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Quasi alliance targeting the other this is the same ambassador by the way. Who predicted the quad's doom he called it a small clique that will find no support well he was wrong today the quad has a 5g plan an infrastructure program a supply chain project and an annual leaders summit this is not some small clique anymore it's a powerful alliance. The biggest proof of this is china's own reaction on tuesday they kicked off a massive airshow drones jets missiles you name it and china was showing it off and this was not a marketing exercise for the pla this was a display of strength.

How should the quad see this for starters it means they're pushing the right buttons because china is getting agitated it doesn't want to be seen as overwhelmed by the quad on the flip side though this is a sign of an ominous race nuclear submarines for australia new carriers for china are classic signs of an arms race. The only difference is this the alliance of democracies is pursuing deterrence china is pursuing world domination.