| by B.Raman
( January 8, 2013, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) Citing chinamil.com, the “People’s Daily” of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has reported as follows on January 8,2013:
“Recently, an armored regiment under the Xinjiang Military Area Command (MAC) of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) organized dozens of armored vehicles to conduct drill on snow-capped plateau, in a bid to temper troops' combat capability under extreme cold condition. (chinamil.com.cn/Liu Yong)”
The exercise raises the following questions of significance:
· Was the exercise connected with the internal security situation in the Xinjiang province which has been facing an anti-Beijing revolt by sections of the Uighurs, some of them allegedly belonging to the Islamic Movement of Eastern Turkestan which has bases in the Federally-Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan (FATA)?
· Was the exercise also connected with the recently-reported deployment of some Chinese security guards in the Gilgit-Baltistan area of Pakistan to provide security to Chinese construction teams working on various projects in the GB area, including the upgradation of the Karakoram Highway?
· Were the exercises carried out in co-ordination with Pakistan?
These are questions which need probing by the Indian intelligence.
( The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat,Govt. of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, and Associate of the Chennai Centre For Chennai Studies.E-mail: seventyone2@gmail.com .Twitter: @SORBONNE75 )
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