China-Transformation from Dragon to Python

China has always been referred as Dragon because of Dragon's involvement in many Chinese mythological stories and Chinese festival's,But in recent years,Chinese moves are similar to how Python attacks it's prey.Python lurks in a clandestine manner and when ready, swoop in on the unsuspecting prey by rapidly using it's teeth to seize the animal.It then proceeds to coil the prey's body preventing breathing from continuing, and therefore triggering suffocation. This constriction promptly kills the animal. When the animal breathes out, the python's grip gets more and more severe until the animal stops breathing.

China is encircling it's prey-India by developing Commercial ports at Seychelles, Gwadar, Karachi, Colombo, Hambantota, Coco Island and Sittwe.It will in future double up as Chinese Naval Base.Last year, Maldives sold the Feydhoo Finolhu island to China.We have failed to influence countries like Sri Lanka ,Maldives,Myanmar in leasing out their ports to China.Last year, Maldives sold the Feydhoo Finolhu island to China.China constructed road in Gilgit-Baltistan which is technically our territory for China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to link China’s Xinjiang to Pakistan’s Gwadar Port,Today China can transport crude oil supplies from Gwadar to Xinjiang.Similarly China has invested heavily in constructing new pipelines to transport gas and oil overland in Myanmar in order to ease it's dependency on Straits of Malacca where in 2016, approximately 80 per cent of China’s oil imports and 11 per cent of natural gas imports transited, with a Myanmar-China gas pipeline completed in October last year.Defense experts routinely talk about our country's armed forces prepardness to fight two-front war when in reality it will be a multi-front war.

India has always been the quintessential soft state. We are unable (or unwilling) to project power beyond its borders, even in our own neighborhood.Our historically timid foreign policy has ensured that we evoke neither respect nor fear among our neighbors. Despite our enormous size, we are  unable to influence or shape our external environment to suit our country's national interests.However the recent standoff at Doklam where our troops crossed into Bhutan and stopped China in it's tracks is a rare show of spine.Though the situation was diffused diplomatically,the truth is we have lived to fight another day and make no mistake,War will come to our doorstep, if not today then in a decade.It is perhaps our lack of strategic planning that we have failed to evolve a consistent, long-term policy towards China which is a upcoming superpower.The Chinese are slowly becoming the regional hegemon. Just like how before 1962 war,Chinese started 'Hindi-Chini Bhai Bhai' propaganda and then followed it by humiliating us in 1962 war,China has consistently back-stabbed us and like always we have always acted foolishly whether it was formally recognizing Tibet as a Chinese territory or whether it was declining a United States offer to India to "take the permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council" around 1953.Not only we rejected this golden offer but our then PM suggested China for the same which they grabbed it with both hands.China exercised the same veto power by blocking a bid at the United Nations by the US, France and Britain to list Maulana Masood Azhar, chief of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant group, as a global terrorist.The same Maulana Masood Azhar whom we had to release in exchange of our hostages of Indian Airlines Flight 814 (IC814) Hijacking.The same China has been fomenting terrorism, insurgencies, and separatism in North-East India and the so-called “red corridor” since the 1960s.In the below attached pic Naga separatist leaders can be seen at the Great Wall of China, 1960s.  

China also claims South China Sea as China's Sea at the same time it declares Indian Ocean is not India's Ocean.When it comes to hypocrisy the Chinese today will put even Americans to shame .China has evolved from an impoverished slumbering introvert to deep-pocketed mercantilist with economic interests across the globe.And in this process it is rapidly building blue-water navy to protect it's Sea Lines Of Communication (SLOC).Recently it commissioned it's Naval Base in Djibouti where Half of China’s oil imports sail through the Mandeb Strait, the choke point off Djibouti that connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean.

Since India also depends on Gulf for it's crude oil supplies China in future with it's Naval Base in Dijbouti and port like Gwadar,Hambantota where today Chinese Navy makes port call can potentially block off our oil supplies at it's own timing.As Commerce with South Asian and East Asian nations accounts for around 45 per cent of India’s foreign trade,In order to secure our  Sea Lines Of Communication (SLOC),our government has signed a bilateral agreement that will allow Indian Navy ships logistical support, including refueling, at Singapore’s Changi naval base located near the disputed South China Sea,we will have to secure similar deal in Gulf in order to have dominance over China and thwart off China's evil design.

Economically as well as in Military might China is far more powerful than us.In order to stand up to China's belligerent and bullying strategic moves we need an alliance like NATO.Apart from India,China has territorial or maritime disputes with most of it's neighbor's including Japan,Philipines,Vietnam and Malaysia.In 1971,Indian government brilliantly foresaw the benefits of an alliance with the erstwhile Soviet Union which resulted in signing of  Indo–Soviet Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation because of which Soviets then sent their Naval Fleet and were able to thwart off American 7th fleet threat.We can no longer rely on Russia blindly when it comes to China because Russia sided with China in ensuring that Pakistan does not get isolated globally. At the 2016 BRICS summit in Goa, Russia did not back India’s demand to name two Pakistan-based terror groups as perpetrators of terrorism against India, thereby shielding Pakistan from censure.Also recently owing to growing Indian Military hardware purchase from USA,Russia supplied 4 Mi-35M attack helicopters.Today we need a treaty like  Indo–Soviet Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation with USA,because only USA today can save us from China whenever it makes its move.