China’s Formidable Progress in Defense and Technology

Pakistan shoots off an Indian aircraft from French production with a Chinese fighter jet. Are Chinese jets superior to Western jets?

Operation Sindoor between India and Pakistan has served as a testing ground between Chinese and Western military technology.

China’s Formidable Progress in Defense and Technology

The People’s Republic of China is showcasing its growing technological power after establishing itself as an economic giant. Recent Indo-Pakistani tensions have highlighted China’s rising military influence, as Pakistan, using older-generation Chinese jets, reportedly downed some of the most advanced Western fighter aircraft, including France’s Rafale, during air combat. Most importantly, China has not yet supplied Pakistan with its most advance…

One morning last week, a few hours after the most intense fighting between the two nuclear powers India and Pakistan in over fifty years, I am at work in the doctor's office. One of the patients is an elderly Indian woman, actually living in India. She has chosen to see me because she knows that with my Pakistani background we can communicate in her native language, Hindi. This makes it easier for her to convey the nuances of the medical history…