(Representational image)The driver of Chinese strategy at this stage of its development lies in the yawning gap between its geo-economic power and geo-political capability. This would be a simplistic understanding of how economic power gets translated into political power. More to the point, China’s military capability is still limited. These are all mind games aimed at getting Singapore to kow-tow like Duterte did. China’s armed forces may not engage India’s at Doklam but they will continue with their mind games aimed to get India, as indeed all its neighbours, to kow-tow, like Duterte did.

Source: Indian Express August 11, 2017 18:11 UTC