In the second episode of our series, hosted by Sushant Singh (Senior Fellow, CPR), featuring leading experts on the various facets of Sino-India relations, we are joined by Dennis Blasko (Independent Analyst & former Senior Military Fellow, National Defense University, Washington, DC) to discuss the military aspects of Sino-India relations, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and what it means for India. Singh and Blasko discuss the origins of the PLA, its role as the defence arm of the Chinese Communist Party, and its modernisation into a professional army. They discuss the critique of the PLA being an untested army that hasn't seen armed combat since the 1979 war and the role of military theaterisations. Further, they discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the PLA in comparison to the armies of the USA and India, including - funding, military size, and reserves. With extensive research into the India-China border crisis of 2020, Blasko unpacks what really happened in Aksai Chin, the significance of the border defence forces, current political direction of the PLA and the likelihood of China and India going to war.