India, Jan. 3 -- There is no doubt that 2019 has been a special year for China: Lavish events were organised to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC). In 1949, from the rostrum of the Tiananmen Square, Chairman Mao had announced, "China has arisen." On October 1, 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping was on the same wavelength as his predecessor when he said, "No force can ever shake the status of China or stop the Chinese people and the nation from marching forward." On that day, Beijing displayed several futuristic military gadgets.

On December 29, the Global Times listed China's advanced weaponry. It said, "the year 2019" has been a "year of harvest" for China's military equipment as the c...