Hopefully MEA and their China group don't do f**k up.
Do not curse that China Study Group where our glum, extraordinarily cautious Secretaries just remain non-committal and quite lest some of them are found out.
A very long time back there was one Def Secy who asked the briefing Army Officer - "so you have FLIR there?" All others looked at him and asked what is that? The neck of the Def Secy expanded in importance and he kept quiet, Such is the atmosphere.
CSG guys are top-notch bureaucrats - usually Secys and our top Jassos honchos who arrive at a recommendation for a given situation. The working handles are a Colonel, a Lt Col from Army and Dir China in MEA. But ultimate decisions rest with the Govt ( here again MEA plays their good or dirty role)...
The group, unfortunately, suffers from inadequate and less than requisite Secreterail and research support, It maybe because of that the MEA has gone in for an MEA funded institution.. but a lot of scope exists to provide expert support to CSG.