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"The Ugly Dragon"

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  The Ugly Dragon Divyam Sharma The concept of China’s peaceful rise or China’s “ peaceful development ”  was an official  party policy adopted under Hu Jintao’s regime. It was an assurance to the world that China’s  rise as a nation will not pose a threat to international peace and security. This  was aimed to create a narrative around China’s rise as beneficial for a ‘peaceful’ world  order post the collapse of USSR or post the Tiananmen square incident which saw the  communist country’s attempt to quash  a democratic movement. With the start of the second decade of the 21 st  century, the world is facing the ramifications of this  ‘ rise ’  primarily under Xi Jingping. The blurring of lines Former Deputy NSA Nadia  Schadlow said, “ The space between peace and war is not an empty space but a landscape churning with political, economical and military changes and thu s it’s important to emphasize on this period.” War can t ake many forms and it’s an ever -evolving process and with the