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The Look Away From The East Policy
The Telegraph | Subir Bhaumik | Oct 21
After interacting with some Chinese officials accompanying Xi, it became clear that the Chinese had planned much of their investments in the proposed BCIM corridor in eastern and northeastern India to develop its infrastructure. They also wanted to get a clear idea of how India proposed to go about the proposed corridor and the Maritime Silk route. By avoiding concrete discussions on this corridor (the former prime minister, Manmohan Singh, had, at least, agreed to ‘joint research’ to explore its possibilities), Modi sent a clear message to Xi that India was not keen on the BCIM economic corridor that Bangladesh and Myanmar appear greatly interested in.
The signal was unmistakable: Chinese companies were welcome to invest in Gujarat and Maharashtra or elsewhere in India but not in the East or the Northeast. This means that the Chinese plans for the BCIM corridor, which is key to its ‘land-to-sea access’ strategy, stands negated by Modi from whom they had expected much more than they have of any Indian leader in recent years. The Chinese see it as a lack of trust after they had made it clear that they are willing to treat India as a ‘partner’ in Asia’s future, even after the Modi-Abe bonhomie in Tokyo.
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