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Gen Rawat is right about escalating Chinese threat to India, so was Fernandes

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Gen Rawat is right about escalating Chinese threat to India, so was Fernandes

After Beijing protested against the remarks made by the Chief of Defense Staff General Biping Lavat that China is India’s biggest security threat, people have a sense of deja vu. About 23 years ago, the then Secretary of Defense George Fernandez said in an interview that China poses a potential threat to India, and as a result was met with a series of protests and criticisms from China and its domestic supporters. Colonel Wu Qian, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense, told the media on Thursday: “Indian officials have unprovoked speculations about the so-called Chinese military threat, which seriously violates the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries that China and India do not pose a threat to each other.

It is irresponsible to instigate geopolitical confrontation. And danger.” Although it is well known in the past that China will select speeches based on its political goals, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense can easily forget that General Lavat’s observations came from the PLA’s attempts to unilaterally change Donglang’s ground position in 2017 and 2017. Ladakh LAC in May 2020. The fact that India and China went to war twice is enough to confirm General Rawat’s assessment. When the Doklam incident occurred in May 2020, General Rawat was the chief of staff of the Indian Army, and when the deviant incident occurred, General Rawat was the chief of staff of the Indian Army.

When the Chinese Ministry of National Defense reminded General Lavat of the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, the spokesperson inexplicably forgot that the People’s Liberation Army threw out the window the written, signed, and sealed 1993 and 1996 bilateral border agreements when trying to impose on others. . In India, the 1959 line was rejected on the Ladakh LAC. The same happened in Daulet Beg Oldi (DBO) district Depsang Bulge and Demchok’s Charding Nullah Junction (CNJ) in 2013.

The fact is that the actions taken by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army on the line of actual control after the Tibetan uprising before the 2008 Beijing Olympics can be proved by no other logic except military. Since June 2020, the People’s Liberation Army has deployed nearly 50,000 soldiers on the Ladakh line of control, equipped with missiles, tanks and rocket regiments as support. Fighters are on standby. People must be naive or weak before they can be regarded as A benign and heavily guarded posture of the Chinese army.

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So far, China has not even explained why it decided to unilaterally change its location on the north shore of Pangong Co, putting the growing bilateral relationship in a deep freeze. Why did Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is also the commander-in-chief of the People’s Liberation Army, leave the time and time with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Wuhan and Chennai under the car? Why should China, with the help of the Chinese army, force Bhutan, a small Himalayan country, to open its borders and establish trade and diplomatic relations with Beijing?

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Winner of BTS’ Jungkook lookalike competition in Chicago is an all-too-familiar face as ‘lore runs deep’

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Winner of BTS’ Jungkook lookalike competition in Chicago is an all-too-familiar face as ‘lore runs deep’

On Sunday, The BTS Jungkook lookalike contest winner was crowned in Chicago. Impersonators sporting his signature piercings and tattoos swarmed the venue.

Social media personality Andrew Alexander, who’s previously been documented as sharing “striking similarities” with BTS’ Jungkook, won the K-pop star-focussed lookalike competition in Chicago on Sunday, November 24, 2024. (Instagram )

The chain reaction set off by YouTuber Anthony Po’s super-viral Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest in Manhattan on October 27, led fans to the K-pop chapter of this journey a month later.

On Sunday, November 24, the new US trend surrounding celebrity lookalike contests saw BTS’ Jungkook enthusiasts turning up for registration in droves. As the Hindustan Times (and several other outlets) previously reported, the event held at Ping Tom Memorial Park in Chicago, Illinois, handed out a $20 cash prize and a bottle of Soju to the winner. As it turned out, some older fans of the K-pop septet already knew the much-debated winner of the anticipated turnout.

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A flurry of fan-shared videos and photos popped up online on Sunday (US time), capturing the three finalists in action as the trio, like other Jungkook impersonators showed up dressed in variations of black outfits. Ultimately, Andrew Alexander, a widely renowned YouTube sensation, was crowned the winner. Even if the name doesn’t ring a bell, some BTS fans will remember the content creator from a years-old YouTube video, in which his sister “turned” him into the beloved K-pop group’s maknae.

Who is Andrew Alexander, the winner of Chicago’s Jungkook lookalike competition?

According to the social media personality’s YouTube videos, Andrew is a third-year university student living in California. He clearly flew into Chicago, especially for the Jungkook contest scheduled this week.

Over four years ago, Alexander’s sister, Ashley, posted a video titled “I turned my brother into BTS Jungkook,” as she highlighted how “a lot of people say he looks like” the K-pop star. Given their “striking similarities,” as reflected not only their resemblance (though not validated by a lot of fans) but also their mannerisms, Andrew’s other sister (presumably), Amber, said at the time, “It’s so funny every video we post, there’s at least 20 new people that are like ‘I don’t know if anyone’s ever said this but, Andrew looks like Jungkook’”.

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However, Andrew himself did not admit to the similarities. That didn’t stop BTS fan pages from drawing comparisons between him and the BTS singer.

In a video posted before the viral winning announcement, Andrew’s sister documented the scene at the competition venue. Ashley wrote confirmed in the caption, “He flew from LA we flew from NY.” Ironically, the ultimate Jungkook lookalike contest participant was also registered as #7, a number that holds great emotional significance in the BTS fandom, given the group’s member count.

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A netizen who’d had been a longtime fan of the Alexander siblings clan – all YouTube personalities – commented on one of Andrew’s posts on November 24, “been a fan since 2018,” as they added a reference to Ashley’s YouTube channel “ur mom ashley.”

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In yet another video posted by Amber Alexander, she also recorded the full-circle moment: “He flew all the way from California for this (crying emoji) after years of getting comments saying he looks like Jungkook @andrewalexander WON THE LOOKALIKE COMPETITION.”

Hours before show time, Ashley also took to her TikTok profile (@aaashleyk), showing a behind-the-scenes glimpse at how the family ‘Jungkook-ified’ Andrew by drawing the pop star’s famously known hand tattoos and suggesting that he needed a lip ring as well. For his final look, Andrew also showed up with Jungkook’s eyebrow and ear piercings. 

Fans react to the winner being crowned for the lookalike contest

While some instantly approved the decision with comments like “Andrew is actually the ONLY one who looked like jungkook, the others literally have no similarity at all,” others who probably never tracked the siblings’ years-old digital footprints were lost why this win was especially gaining momentous traction online.

“If Andrew didn’t win, I would have hosted another one to make sure he won,” someone else wrote in the comments. Others quipped along the lines of how Jungkook had returned from the military and “Kinda crazy how they let Jungkook win his own lookalike competition.”

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Those familiar with Andrew’s journey, definitely agreed with how the contest “cooked” with its final decision, especially since “the lore runs deep.” Who could’ve known that this was years in the making at a time when lookalike contests weren’t a norm?

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