“Aloof from the partially-globalised world of the Chinese seaboard, the People’s Liberation Army’s Western Theatre Command typically draws international attention only during confrontations along the Line of Actual Control between China and India. The theatre, however, also has a near-4,000 kilometre border with Pakistan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, as well as a 50-kilometre salient to the Russian Federation across the Altai mountains.” – CHACR Visiting Fellow Philip Reid takes readers on a tour of military territory unfamiliar to many defence analysts.

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