LOC, LAC & International Border skirmishs

[Kshatriya87]

Not only that he wanted to use nukes in 1999 but also in 2001.

`Mush mulled using nukes against India'

Dubai:
PTI

Pakistan's former military dictator General Pervez Musharraf has said that he mulled the use of nuclear weapons against India amid tensions following the 2001 terror attack on the Indian Parliament, but decided against doing so out of fear of retaliation, according to a media report.

Musharraf, 73, also recalled that he had many sleepless nights, asking himself whether he would or could deploy nuclear weapons, the Japanese daily `Mainichi Shimbun' said.

When tensions were high in 2001, there was a “danger when (the) nuclear threshold could have been crossed,“ the paper quoted Musharraf as saying. At the time, Musharraf had publicly said that he would not rule out the possibility of using nuclear weapons.

Musharraf also said, however, that at the time, neither India nor Pakistan had nuclear warheads on their missiles, so it would have taken one to two days to make them launch-ready . Asked whether he had ordered that missiles be equipped with nuclear warheads and put into firing position, he said, “We didn't do that and we don't think India also did that, thank God“ pointing, perhaps, to a fear of retaliation, the paper reported.

The two countries subsequently avoided an all-out clash and tensions subsided. The then army chief Musharraf ousted the then PM Nawaz Sharif in a coup in October 1999. The army general served as president from 2001 to 2008. Musharraf has been living in Dubai since last year when he was allowed to leave Pakistan on pretext of medical treatment. He has been charged with involvement in the murder of the former PM Benazir Bhutto in 2007.

Exactly what I mean. There was nothing stopping these guys if they had their hands on nukes before India. Furthermore, Indian nukes are well protected and launch is safe and streamlined. You can't launch a nuke from India without the presence of general & approval of the PM.

In pakistan however, the entire missile regiments, their controls and the air force is controlled by the general. PM authorisation is not required to launch a nuke from pakistan. During Kargil war, Nawaz was invited to USA to have a meeting with Bill Clinton. US intelligence had found out that pakis are mobilising nukes and missiles. When Bill Clinton confronted Nawaz about this, Nawaz had absolutely no idea about this taking place. Nawaz was not faking the reaction. The nukes were being mobilised by the general without informing the civil government.

 

[LordOfTheUnderworlds]

Same glue was holding them together in 71.

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Despite all the atrocities and a distance of thousand miles, Bangladesh didn't separate automatically on its own. Bangladeshi Jamati Islamists were still supporting Pakistan army. India had to fight full fledged war and physically invade their territory to make it happen.

 

[Bornubus]

Just a quick question, in all the four wars, does Pakistan never had opportunity even for once to bomb our cities ?

Civilian areas/cities becomes a target even during skirmishes let alone a full blown war evolving Jets, Bombers and Artillery. German cities was flatten by allied bombers and so did India and Pak bomb each other civilians, but the point is that both side understand it's consequence.


1965 war

 

[Flame Thrower]

Just a quick question, in all the four wars, does Pakistan never had opportunity even for once to bomb our cities ? Let us assume for argument sake that we had air dominance and wars didn't last for months.

To my knowledge... In 1965 war, PAF wanted to bomb an Island.
Somehow the intelligence got the info, they shut the electricity of target island and used lights to litup another Island for target. Bombing run took place, no losses on our side

 

[TPFscopes]

@neth123

The dirty truth: 41 million Pakistanis without toilets
Arif MahmoodUpdated March 10, 2015
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Pakistan needs to undertake massive efforts to provide adequate toilet facilities to the public. —AP/file

Recently, a Unicef warning announced that an alarming 41 million people in Pakistan lack access to adequate toilets; forcing them to defecate in public. Pakistan is in fact the third largest country, behind India and Indonesia, where people are forced to defecate in the open.

This troubling practice which has become the norm for 41 million Pakistanis has profound health and nutritional consequences. Open defecation has significant consequences and it is imperative that we explore this topic.

Also read: Finding a phone easier than finding a toilet: UN

The city of Lahore is home to millions of people and has only 21 public bathrooms. Many of these are in dire condition and in a state of chronic decay. It is tragic that in a country that receives millions of dollars of aid annually, we have failed to provide the most fundamental necessities such as clean bathrooms to our people! Forcing individuals to seek out places to defecate leads to stool withholding behavior, constipation, and stunting.

These consequences have lifelong implications and must be addressed immediately.

Stool withholding behaviour


When children are confronted with psycho-social stressors such as not being able to defecate in private or adequately; they have a tendency to develop stool withholding behavior – they refuse to defecate in a setting where they are uncomfortable or embarrassed, causing them to reflexively withhold bowel movement.

For a child to defecate in open, it is very embarrassing and anxiety-provoking. This can lead to serious problems known as Encopresis, in which children begin to soil their undergarments.

The colon normally removes water from our faeces, but stool remaining in our gut for too long from conditioned withholding will inevitably lead to constipation. The stool becomes so hard that it is difficult to expel and stretches the colon, impairing the sensations associated with a normal bowel movement. As a result, softer stool often leaks around the blockage, soiling a child’s undergarments.

As anyone can imagine, this has devastating effects on an individual's overall level of hygiene. The faecal contamination of hands, garments, and other clothing will allow infectious diseases to disseminate with ease.

Constipation


The health ramifications of constipation are severe, and unfortunately, frequently overlooked.

Our colon is home to a bacterial flora which is essential for maintaining gut health. Constipation leads to an imbalance in this bacterial flora giving rise to unfriendly strains of bacteria and impaired gut health. The normal helpful bacteria within the colon is disturbed when hard stools associated with constipation persist.

Also read: CDA to upgrade public toilets in Islamabad

Constipation can lead to abdominal pain and a decreased desire to eat as well. In cases where constipation goes unchecked, forceful straining and attempts to evacuate stool can lead to tears and bleeding around the lining of the rectum.

Stunting


A child’s degree of stunting can be evaluated by calculating a child’s height for age as a percentage of the population median. The severity of stunting is determined as a percentage of the expected height for age.

Stunting, along with wasting, is a universal marker of protein energy malnutrition in a child.

Chronic malnutrition is frequently characterised by stunting. Due to open defecation, children are unable to adequately wash themselves and consequently, a bacterial contamination of water ensues. This leads to chronic diarrhoea and malabsorption states in children. Such chronic malnutrition leads to cognitive deficiencies and insufficient brain development.

Read on: Pakistan among top five diarrhoea death victims

Sanitation, hygiene, and constructing more public toilets must become a priority in Pakistan.

Failing to provide our children with the basic necessity for living is inhumane, and detrimental to their well-being.

Instructing the masses on adequate hand hygiene, providing ample toileting facilities will help with combating this problem.

Open defecation must be discouraged. And, massive efforts must be implemented to create behavioural change, provide adequate facilities, and increase awareness about overall hygiene.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1168630

 

[indus]

Exactly what I mean. There was nothing stopping these guys if they had their hands on nukes before India. Furthermore, Indian nukes are well protected and launch is safe and streamlined. You can't launch a nuke from India without the presence of general & approval of the PM.

In pakistan however, the entire missile regiments, their controls and the air force is controlled by the general. PM authorisation is not required to launch a nuke from pakistan. During Kargil war, Nawaz was invited to USA to have a meeting with Bill Clinton. US intelligence had found out that pakis are mobilising nukes and missiles. When Bill Clinton confronted Nawaz about this, Nawaz had absolutely no idea about this taking place. Nawaz was not faking the reaction. The nukes were being mobilised by the general without informing the civil government.

Nawaz is f**king moron. He was welcoming the bus driven by Vajpayee while Mushy was sending NLI to occupy Kargil heights. Civvie Govt in Paki is just a farce.

 

[thethinker]

Nawaz is f**king moron. He was welcoming the bus driven by Vajpayee while Mushy was sending NLI to occupy Kargil heights. Civvie Govt in Paki is just a farce.

This is the Paki good cop-bad cop routine.

While civilian PM encourages Aman ki Asha and make Indians let their guard down, the Paki military goes for offensive.

Example : Hafiz Saeed the terrorist is regularly allocated budget by this same civilian Paki govt. So the farce that Nawaz miyaan doesn't have a clue is just another deception by Pakis.

Pakistan government gives Rs. 61 million aid to India's most wanted Hafiz Saeed

http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/paki...-aid-to-indias-most-wanted-hafiz-saeed-525875

India | Press Trust of India | Updated: June 19, 2013 01:22 IST

Lahore: Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the parent body of banned terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba that carried out the 2008 Mumbai attacks, has been allocated over Rs. 61 million in the budget for current fiscal by Pakistan's Punjab province government headed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party PML-N.

Besides a grant-in-aid of over Rs. 61 million in its budget for fiscal 2013-14 for 'Markaz-e-Taiba', the largest centre of the JuD, the provincial government has allocated Rs. 350 million for setting up a "Knowledge Park" at the centre and other development initiatives.

 

[Screambowl]

it doesn't make any difference. If NS stepped down

Sonia Gandhi was direct in control of the PMO, being her self as not being a PM
In Pakistan Sharifs have the direct control too. Till next elections.

 

[lcafanboy]

Amid NSA Ajit Doval’s visit, anti-war sentiments take root in China
Atul Aneja
BEIJING:,JULY 27, 2017 19:00 IST
UPDATED: JULY 27, 2017 19:29 IST

Ajit Doval


The country’s vibrant cyberspace adopts a moderate tone in contrast to the hawkish official line.
National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval has commenced his visit to China, outside the glare of media, amid public calls by Chinese authorities seeking unilateral withdrawal of Indian troops engaged in a tense standoff with Chinese forces, from the Doklam plateau.

But simultaneously, anti-war and moderate sentiments, especially in the Chinese social media, seeking to avoid an India-China conflict are also beginning to take root.

Asked about Mr. Doval’s engagements on Thursday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang, in his afternoon briefing, said he had no details, as the meetings of the BRICS national security advisers, in which Mr. Doval is participating, had not commenced.

Mr. Doval is expected to meet China’s State Councilor Yang Jiechi — the public face of the conference later on Thursday — as part of the customary one-on-one meetings of each of the representatives of the BRICS nations, with representatives of the host country. However, neither the Chinese authorities nor the Indian embassy in Beijing have confirmed the meeting so far.

Chances of debating Doklam
On Friday morning, Mr. Doval will attend the full session of the BRICS meeting. All the visiting NSAs will then call on Chinese President Xi Jinping in the afternoon. Analysts say that within this schedule, there would be plenty of opportunities to discuss Doklam, especially as Mr. Yang is China’s Special Representative for the boundary talks with Mr. Doval as his counterpart. However, with China adopting a public position that talks on Doklam can only follow the unilateral withdrawal of Indian troops from the plateau, any confirmation of talks on Doklam with Mr. Doval is unlikely.

A separate interaction between the NSA and the resident Indian media in Beijing was also not expected, apparently on account of the sensitivity of the Doklam crisis, Indian officials say.

Despite the uncompromising tone of Chinese officialdom, and a hawkish position, riven with military threats, adopted by a vocal section of the state-media seeking an Indian withdrawal, anti-war sentiments also appear to be simultaneously rising, especially in China’s vibrant cyberspace.

Ahead of Mr. Doval’s visit, an online posting authored by Lu Yang, a researcher from the international department of China’s Tsinghua University saw in the Doklam crisis an opportunity to reappraise and finally resolve the boundary issue between China and India. Titled, “Doklam Standoff — maybe a turning point to reconsider the China-India border issue,” the write-up argued how a military conflict can severely undermine China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Mr. Xi’s pet Eurasian connectivity project.

BRI at risk
Besides, the psychological impact of a war with India triggered by the Doklam crisis, feeding into the memories of the 1962 conflict, will sow lasting bitterness among the two peoples. “The Doklam crisis indicates if China and India do not resolve it, it will further impact the implementation of the belt and road strategy,” says Dr. Lu. He adds: “The border conflict related to territory, sovereignty and nationalism, among other sensitive topics, will have an emotional overflow that will seriously affect the overall relationship, with serious implications on the belt and road construction. If we can build mutual trust with India, the key is to resolve the border problem.”

The author also signaled that China should also consider the spillover impact of India-Pakistan military tensions on future security of China’s Xinjiang province.

He highlighted that “China will be dragged into quagmire of South Asia security in case tensions between India and Pakistan — two nuclear neighbours — are not resolved.” “In that case, the security in West China also cannot be assured,” he said without referring to the turbulence in the Xinjiang province in western China.

Lasting impact of war
Dr. Lu underscored the lasting impact of the cross-border war on “national memory and psychology” of the two peoples. “This will further shrink the room for the two governments to resolve the border problem.”

Another widely circulated online blog on July 14 on the popular WeChat site had denounced war as an option to resolve the border crisis with India.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/intern...also-taking-root-in-china/article19371489.ece

So the Chinese public has lost the appetite for war........... and are scared

Now what would CPC and PLA do..........

 

[F-14B]

Amid NSA Ajit Doval’s visit, anti-war sentiments take root in China
Atul Aneja
BEIJING:,JULY 27, 2017 19:00 IST
UPDATED: JULY 27, 2017 19:29 IST

Ajit Doval


The country’s vibrant cyberspace adopts a moderate tone in contrast to the hawkish official line.
National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval has commenced his visit to China, outside the glare of media, amid public calls by Chinese authorities seeking unilateral withdrawal of Indian troops engaged in a tense standoff with Chinese forces, from the Doklam plateau.

But simultaneously, anti-war and moderate sentiments, especially in the Chinese social media, seeking to avoid an India-China conflict are also beginning to take root.

Asked about Mr. Doval’s engagements on Thursday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang, in his afternoon briefing, said he had no details, as the meetings of the BRICS national security advisers, in which Mr. Doval is participating, had not commenced.

Mr. Doval is expected to meet China’s State Councilor Yang Jiechi — the public face of the conference later on Thursday — as part of the customary one-on-one meetings of each of the representatives of the BRICS nations, with representatives of the host country. However, neither the Chinese authorities nor the Indian embassy in Beijing have confirmed the meeting so far.

Chances of debating Doklam
On Friday morning, Mr. Doval will attend the full session of the BRICS meeting. All the visiting NSAs will then call on Chinese President Xi Jinping in the afternoon. Analysts say that within this schedule, there would be plenty of opportunities to discuss Doklam, especially as Mr. Yang is China’s Special Representative for the boundary talks with Mr. Doval as his counterpart. However, with China adopting a public position that talks on Doklam can only follow the unilateral withdrawal of Indian troops from the plateau, any confirmation of talks on Doklam with Mr. Doval is unlikely.

A separate interaction between the NSA and the resident Indian media in Beijing was also not expected, apparently on account of the sensitivity of the Doklam crisis, Indian officials say.

Despite the uncompromising tone of Chinese officialdom, and a hawkish position, riven with military threats, adopted by a vocal section of the state-media seeking an Indian withdrawal, anti-war sentiments also appear to be simultaneously rising, especially in China’s vibrant cyberspace.

Ahead of Mr. Doval’s visit, an online posting authored by Lu Yang, a researcher from the international department of China’s Tsinghua University saw in the Doklam crisis an opportunity to reappraise and finally resolve the boundary issue between China and India. Titled, “Doklam Standoff — maybe a turning point to reconsider the China-India border issue,” the write-up argued how a military conflict can severely undermine China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Mr. Xi’s pet Eurasian connectivity project.

BRI at risk
Besides, the psychological impact of a war with India triggered by the Doklam crisis, feeding into the memories of the 1962 conflict, will sow lasting bitterness among the two peoples. “The Doklam crisis indicates if China and India do not resolve it, it will further impact the implementation of the belt and road strategy,” says Dr. Lu. He adds: “The border conflict related to territory, sovereignty and nationalism, among other sensitive topics, will have an emotional overflow that will seriously affect the overall relationship, with serious implications on the belt and road construction. If we can build mutual trust with India, the key is to resolve the border problem.”

The author also signaled that China should also consider the spillover impact of India-Pakistan military tensions on future security of China’s Xinjiang province.

He highlighted that “China will be dragged into quagmire of South Asia security in case tensions between India and Pakistan — two nuclear neighbours — are not resolved.” “In that case, the security in West China also cannot be assured,” he said without referring to the turbulence in the Xinjiang province in western China.

Lasting impact of war
Dr. Lu underscored the lasting impact of the cross-border war on “national memory and psychology” of the two peoples. “This will further shrink the room for the two governments to resolve the border problem.”

Another widely circulated online blog on July 14 on the popular WeChat site had denounced war as an option to resolve the border crisis with India.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/intern...also-taking-root-in-china/article19371489.ece

So the Chinese public has lost the appetite for war........... and are scared

Now what would CPC and PLA do..........

What public which publix there's no public in China only the party

 

[Virat]

Remember this image

chinese does very clearly!

Look out the faces of all Chinese officials. They seem to be tense. while look faces of Modi, Doval & unknown diplomat. All of them seems to be relax and claim. And a special look at evil's smile of Doval. Must be saying that "BEN KE L@D( AAYE NA AUKAT ME"

 

[Mikesingh]

Just a quick question, in all the four wars, does Pakistan never had opportunity even for once to bomb our cities ? Let us assume for argument sake that we had air dominance and wars didn't last for months.

In a short swift war, all resources are used for a counter-force strategy, interdicting targets having military value. There's no time and resources to waste in bombing population centers.

Even in a nuclear scenario, the priority would be counter-force strikes rather than counter value which will come later.

 

[Mikesingh]

The picture looks like the chicken just shat out porkistan.

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They should have added a broken egg that hatched Porkistan like this modified image.....

:biggrin2:

 

[Kshatriya87]

This is the Paki good cop-bad cop routine.

While civilian PM encourages Aman ki Asha and make Indians let their guard down, the Paki military goes for offensive.

Example : Hafiz Saeed the terrorist is regularly allocated budget by this same civilian Paki govt. So the farce that Nawaz miyaan doesn't have a clue is just another deception by Pakis.

Pakistan government gives Rs. 61 million aid to India's most wanted Hafiz Saeed

http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/paki...-aid-to-indias-most-wanted-hafiz-saeed-525875

India | Press Trust of India | Updated: June 19, 2013 01:22 IST

Lahore: Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the parent body of banned terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba that carried out the 2008 Mumbai attacks, has been allocated over Rs. 61 million in the budget for current fiscal by Pakistan's Punjab province government headed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's party PML-N.

Besides a grant-in-aid of over Rs. 61 million in its budget for fiscal 2013-14 for 'Markaz-e-Taiba', the largest centre of the JuD, the provincial government has allocated Rs. 350 million for setting up a "Knowledge Park" at the centre and other development initiatives.

China also plays the good cop bad cop game with us. Rmember when Modi met Xi and PLA entered Ladakh?


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[Kshatriya87]

View attachment 18287

Look out the faces of all Chinese officials. They seem to be tense. while look faces of Modi, Doval & unknown diplomat. All of them seems to be relax and claim. And a special look at evil's smile of Doval. Must be saying that "BEN KE L@D( AAYE NA AUKAT ME"

Unknown diplomat must be the translator.


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[Mikesingh]

Amid NSA Ajit Doval’s visit, anti-war sentiments take root in China
Atul Aneja
BEIJING:,JULY 27, 2017 19:00 IST
UPDATED: JULY 27, 2017 19:29 IST

Ajit Doval


The country’s vibrant cyberspace adopts a moderate tone in contrast to the hawkish official line.
National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval has commenced his visit to China, outside the glare of media, amid public calls by Chinese authorities seeking unilateral withdrawal of Indian troops engaged in a tense standoff with Chinese forces, from the Doklam plateau.

But simultaneously, anti-war and moderate sentiments, especially in the Chinese social media, seeking to avoid an India-China conflict are also beginning to take root.

Asked about Mr. Doval’s engagements on Thursday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang, in his afternoon briefing, said he had no details, as the meetings of the BRICS national security advisers, in which Mr. Doval is participating, had not commenced.

Mr. Doval is expected to meet China’s State Councilor Yang Jiechi — the public face of the conference later on Thursday — as part of the customary one-on-one meetings of each of the representatives of the BRICS nations, with representatives of the host country. However, neither the Chinese authorities nor the Indian embassy in Beijing have confirmed the meeting so far.

Chances of debating Doklam
On Friday morning, Mr. Doval will attend the full session of the BRICS meeting. All the visiting NSAs will then call on Chinese President Xi Jinping in the afternoon. Analysts say that within this schedule, there would be plenty of opportunities to discuss Doklam, especially as Mr. Yang is China’s Special Representative for the boundary talks with Mr. Doval as his counterpart. However, with China adopting a public position that talks on Doklam can only follow the unilateral withdrawal of Indian troops from the plateau, any confirmation of talks on Doklam with Mr. Doval is unlikely.

A separate interaction between the NSA and the resident Indian media in Beijing was also not expected, apparently on account of the sensitivity of the Doklam crisis, Indian officials say.

Despite the uncompromising tone of Chinese officialdom, and a hawkish position, riven with military threats, adopted by a vocal section of the state-media seeking an Indian withdrawal, anti-war sentiments also appear to be simultaneously rising, especially in China’s vibrant cyberspace.

Ahead of Mr. Doval’s visit, an online posting authored by Lu Yang, a researcher from the international department of China’s Tsinghua University saw in the Doklam crisis an opportunity to reappraise and finally resolve the boundary issue between China and India. Titled, “Doklam Standoff — maybe a turning point to reconsider the China-India border issue,” the write-up argued how a military conflict can severely undermine China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Mr. Xi’s pet Eurasian connectivity project.

BRI at risk
Besides, the psychological impact of a war with India triggered by the Doklam crisis, feeding into the memories of the 1962 conflict, will sow lasting bitterness among the two peoples. “The Doklam crisis indicates if China and India do not resolve it, it will further impact the implementation of the belt and road strategy,” says Dr. Lu. He adds: “The border conflict related to territory, sovereignty and nationalism, among other sensitive topics, will have an emotional overflow that will seriously affect the overall relationship, with serious implications on the belt and road construction. If we can build mutual trust with India, the key is to resolve the border problem.”

The author also signaled that China should also consider the spillover impact of India-Pakistan military tensions on future security of China’s Xinjiang province.

He highlighted that “China will be dragged into quagmire of South Asia security in case tensions between India and Pakistan — two nuclear neighbours — are not resolved.” “In that case, the security in West China also cannot be assured,” he said without referring to the turbulence in the Xinjiang province in western China.

Lasting impact of war
Dr. Lu underscored the lasting impact of the cross-border war on “national memory and psychology” of the two peoples. “This will further shrink the room for the two governments to resolve the border problem.”

Another widely circulated online blog on July 14 on the popular WeChat site had denounced war as an option to resolve the border crisis with India.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/intern...also-taking-root-in-china/article19371489.ece

So the Chinese public has lost the appetite for war........... and are scared

Now what would CPC and PLA do..........

The war mongers are basically from the CPC and their controlled media but not the general public who want to get on with their lives. The more aggressive behavior the members display, the more chances of them climbing the CPC ladder.

 

[Kazah]

They should have added a broken egg that hatched Porkistan like this modified image.....

View attachment 18289


:biggrin2:

India today has been trolling porkies since long time

 

[hit&run]

I read that earlier and thought it was clickbait, by the phrase "use nukes", he seems to be talking about getting them in a launch ready configuration, not actually launching them on India.

This news is not new. It pops out every now and then. The first times it was US president Clinton or may be his office revealed that Pakistanis were ready to use nukes against India. They were trying to imply that their intervention stopped Musharraf.

This news was then debated at WAB where it was called as a bluff.

Unfortunately ABV government ingested this bluff.

 

[lcafanboy]

India Today magazine cover goes viral in China, triggers Photoshop battle

The covers of the India Today magazine have always been iconic, ingenious and often controversial.

The cover of the July 31 issue of the India Today magazine has gone viral on Chinese social media platform Wiebo, the country's substitute for Twitter, and the Chinese are not pleased with the cover.

The latest issue of the India Today magazine has the map of China, in red, in the shape of a big chicken and a smaller chick -- Pakistan, in green -- by its side, along with captions that read "China's new chick" and "How China is buying out Pakistan with massive new investments and why India needs to worry", below it.

The Chinese are fuming seeing the cover. Their main contention is that the map on the cover doesn't show Tibet and Taiwan as its part. In retaliation, there are op-eds, sharply criticising the magazine and India as a whole, being written on Chinese newspapers, and Chinese social media users Photoshopping their answers on to India Today magazine covers.


All this while there is a tense standoff between the Indian and Chinese troops at Doklam.

Meanwhile, the India Today magazine cover on China and Pakistan's growing friendship has been selected as the 'The Cover of the Day' by The Society of Publication Designers (SPD), New York. Ashish Bagga, Group CEO, India Today Group, said, "Getting featured in SPD, New York, reflects on India Today's commitment to set international standards in journalism. Powerful take on pertinent issues is the hallmark of impactful reportage and insights. For India Today, we are happy that we have serviced the Thinking Indian well."

An article on China's Global Times said, "Such hysterical geopolitical imagination is nothing new. What is new, however, is the erroneous exclusion of Tibet and Taiwan from Chinese territory."

It also said, "China and India are currently locked in a border standoff. Some Indian elites understandably hate China and want to carve away Tibet and Taiwan. But they know this is an impossibility, so they are reduced to drawing an illustration. It is more ludicrous when the magazine proudly proclaimed that the cover was selected as the "The Cover of the Day" by the Society of Publication Designers, New York."

A report in the South China Morning Post read, "But Chinese netizens griped over the exclusion of Taiwan and Tibet from China's map. The Chinese government claims sovereignty over both places, considering Taiwan a renegade province and Tibet an autonomous region, but there are long-standing political tensions over the government's control of these areas."

The Taiwan News, a Taiwanese news outlet, however, welcomed India Today's cover. A report said, "In a bizarre reversal of fortune, instead of the usual erroneous inclusion of Taiwan in a map of China, the cover of the latest issue of the magazine India Today, not only excludes Taiwan from Chinese territory, but it also carved away Tibet from its posterior, while a tiny green chick in the shape of Pakistan stands behind it."

The outlet also included comments of Taiwanese netizens, who were glad to see the new map. Sample these:

"This is the correct version of the map."

"India has finally done a positive thing that the world can look up to."

"China really gets worked up if there's no Taiwan."

"Come and eat Indian curry today."

"That's a good cover, why not buy one?"

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/...china-chick-viral-global-times/1/1013152.html

:bounce::bounce::bounce:

@nimo_cn

 

[hit&run]

I can't stop fuckin laughing.

And the reply by global times

Global Times got royally fucked with just one article. The Han troll Newspaper rants like a Chinese massage parlour wench whose customer ran away without paying for her full service.