<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"> <ArticleSet> <Article> <Journal> <PublisherName>ejsss</PublisherName> <JournalTitle>ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES</JournalTitle> <PISSN/> <EISSN/> <Volume-Issue>Volume 6 Issue 1</Volume-Issue> <PartNumber/> <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic> <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage> <Season>Apr-May 2025</Season> <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue> <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue> <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA> <PubDate> <Year>2025</Year> <Month>05</Month> <Day>31</Day> </PubDate> <ArticleType>Political Science</ArticleType> <ArticleTitle>China’s Great War Machine in the Sino-Indian Context by Lt. Gen Gautam Banerjee PVSM, AVSM, YSM (Retd.)</ArticleTitle> <SubTitle/> <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage> <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA> <FirstPage>161</FirstPage> <LastPage>165</LastPage> <AuthorList> <Author> <FirstName>Priyanka</FirstName> <LastName>Chugh</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> </Author> </AuthorList> <DOI>10.47362/EJSSS.2025.6109</DOI> <Abstract>The military and non-military demeanour adopted by the People’s Republic of China since the mid-2000s has insinuated the threat of ‘compromising with territorial sovereignty’, whether through military coercion in the East and South China Sea, the Indo-Tibetan border escalations or the steady engulfment of the Indian Ocean Region. Lt. Gen. Banerjee provides a detailed account of these issues, using maps to illustrate China__ampersandsign#39;s territorial claims along the Sino-Indian borders, covering the eastern, central, and western sectors. While the internal workings and capabilities of the People__ampersandsign#39;s Liberation Army (PLA) remain largely shrouded in secrecy — often referred to as the __ampersandsign#39;Red Curtain__ampersandsign#39; — Banerjee makes a commendable effort in this book to compile years of observation and expertise as a military practitioner to highlight the growing strength of the Chinese military. The book thoroughly discusses the possibility of another Sino-Indian war and explores the likelihood of events reminiscent of the 1962 conflict. It examines how China pursues its territorial ambitions and assesses India__ampersandsign#39;s military capabilities to respond to these challenges.</Abstract> <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage> <Keywords>Strategic Infrastructure,Himalayan Terrain,Border De-escalation,Military Conflagration Hypothesis,Military Coercion</Keywords> <URLs> <Abstract>https://ejsss.net.in/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=15744&title=China’s Great War Machine in the Sino-Indian Context by Lt. Gen Gautam Banerjee PVSM, AVSM, YSM (Retd.)</Abstract> </URLs> <References> <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle> <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage> <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage> <References>Banerjee, L. G. (2017). Chinaand;#39;s Great War Machine in the Sino-Indian Context. New Delhi, India: Wisdom Tree.</References> </References> </Journal> </Article> </ArticleSet>