“China Is Developing A ‘Cold Start’ Military Posture And Boundary With India Has Become A Lab For It”, Swarajya, december 10, 2025
“China’s military is moving steadily toward a cold start style posture that aims to launch rapid high intensity operations before any adversary can mobilise, researcher Suyash Desai, who studies Chinese military strategy, has argued in a new piece.
The idea is simple. Beijing wants the PLA to switch from peacetime routines to combat readiness within hours and then strike before outside powers or neighbours can react. Although Taiwan is often discussed as the primary theatre where this shift is visible, the most meaningful experimentation with this rapid mobilisation approach is now happening in Tibet and Xinjiang.
The regions fall under the Western Theater Command that handles the India contingency, and they have quietly become a laboratory for testing this new posture……”
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