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How on earth a county, despite 14 neighbors, triggered havoc in world, seems invincible?

Certainly not just bcz of mighty army, weapons or nukes but the art of principally unprincipled "UNRESTRICTED WARFARE", which is 'beyond boundaries', OFF the traditional battlefield.

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Take a quick flash back to 90's when USA rocked the world with it's chest thumping advance military forces, technology & weapons used in series of wars- Gulf war, Iraq no-fly ops, Somalia civil war, Bosnia, Haiti & Serbia interventions.

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On other hand China had last fought Vietnam War ('79), besides minor domestic clashes.

Well aware of it's inferior skills on warfare, China knew they cant stand US with military power w/out having alternative approach. And so conceptualized the idea of 'modernize' warfare.

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Indian and Chinese armies are again at each other. It is important to learn a little history to understand the context of present-day problems.
May 1951, which is watershed in the history of the relations between India, Tibet and China.
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On 23rd May, 1951, Tibetan officials signed a 17-Point Agreement with China. Mao's army had invaded Tibet a few months earlier. The Roof of the World was now under occupation and no nation was ready to support the peace-loving Tibetans.
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Tibet was now an 'autonomous region' of China as per the new agreement. FOR THE FIRST TIME in fifty years, India was not a party to an accord between Lhasa and Beijing, resulting in disastrous consequences for India and Tibet.
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