About the Book: Chinas Great War Machine in the Sino-Indian Context
Chinas economic progress and military assertiveness have assumed the centre
stage of strategic discussions in India, as indeed it has elsewhere in Asia and
United States.Tibet and Eastern Turkistan have turned into Han-dominated Xizang
and Xinjiang Autonomous Regions respectively and the Chinas Peoples Liberation
Army (PLA) has emerged as an overwhelmingly powerful modern military force—well,
almost—that is ever-ready to flex muscles. This book is an attempt to study the
PLA and its posture in Tibet. Even though intimate knowledge of the PLA is hard
to acquire, the author has managed to build up fair amounts of