PLA troops are an anxious group, recall Indian officers
PLA relies on fear to extract performance, which does not work in a place like Nathu La in Sikkim. They are extremely low paid. My counterpart once told me that he gets one third of what I get,’ said a retired Indian Army colonel, who was posted in Leh until recently.
Editorial Staff
PLA troops are an anxious group, recall Indian officers
Psychological profiling of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers done by Indian Army officers—both officially and informally—paints a sad picture of China’s Army. These Indian Army officers were or are posted at India’s eastern border, which it shares with China, including at Nathu La.
The Sunday Guardian spoke to serving and retired Army officers, on and off the record, who have spent a considerable time at the India-Chinese borders, to find out the reality of the PLA, which, thanks to its focus on psy-war and image building, has created a larger than life image for itself in the virtual arena.
All these Indian officers had engaged in one-to-one confrontations with their Chinese counterparts multiple times during their posting.
According to these veterans and serving officers, the PLA’s men, especially those who are asked to serve at the India-China borders, are not very motivated because of the physical hardship they have to endure and the low pay, which, in their view, does not…
