As China continues to apply sustained military pressure on India's borders in the midst of visits exchanged between the two countries' leaders and senior officials, China's official media continues to publicise articles intended to caution India that China retains the option of initiating military hostilities. The number of articles stating that China will have to resort to military force to settle outstanding border disputes has increased since 2010, with the intensification of the disputes in the South China Sea and especially with Japan. They coincide with the 'rise' in China's economic and military might. Interestingly, Chinese officials routinely advise their Indian counterparts to rein in the Indian media whose 'jingoistic' tenor apparently imposes strains on India-China relations. North East Asia has been forcefully thrust in the global strategic consciousness as in the run-up to 2014 China has switched over from its much publicised and much trumpeted 'peaceful rise of China' to a robust and unabashed use of China's 'hard power' accumulated in the last decade without any checkmating. Gone are the US think tanks treatises emphasising and glorifying the use of China's 'soft power'. As the book addresses this crucial issue quite deftly, it is hoped that it would prove to be a source of great information for the reader.
About the author
Dr. Charulata Singh is Reader and Head of the Department of Vivekananda School of Journalism and Mass Communication, VIPS affiliated to GGSIP University, Delhi. She is member of AMIC. She has written chapters, articles and research papers on diverse issues.She holds a Ph.d in Political Science and is M.Phil in Journalism and Mass Communication with NET qualification. Her areas of interest are Media Laws, Political Communication, International Communication and Development Communication along with Media Research.
