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China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an ambitious infrastructure project, is facing challenges as financial distress in recipient countries and unfulfilled commitments raise concerns. The BRI, launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping, aimed to project China's power and influence overseas. However, Beijing's need for bailouts and the slow progress of development cooperation programs have led to questions about the viability of the scheme. Despite criticism, joining the BRI has resulted in increased investment and trade with China for partner countries. The future of the initiative is being closely watched as China seeks to deepen its geopolitical clout in the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean region. The Hainan Special Economic Zone's development further complicates the geopolitical situation in the South China Sea. China's growing belligerence in the Pacific theater is also a deterrent for Vietnam's great power engagements. Meanwhile, India and the United States are finding ways to coordinate and cooperate in South Asia to counter China's assertive behavior. The victory of a pro-China government in the Maldives offers Beijing an opportunity to restore its influence in the Indian Ocean region.
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), sometimes referred to as the New Silk Road, is one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects ever conceived. Get the background: https://t.co/ja4p0xOx0q
Although #China has initiated steps to improve its #development cooperation programme, many of the commitments have yet to materialise, writes @malancha_1chakr https://t.co/DQfyEtQVMi
The #development of Hainan Special Economic Zone stands to complicate the #geopolitical situation of the #SouthChinaSea, state @PratnashreeBasu and Aishiki Chowdhury https://t.co/u4eozvJ5Fl
The #BRI was conceptualised under the ethos of the #Chinese proverb, “If you want to get rich, build roads first”; however, #China is adapting its approach to a fast-changing world, writes @SamirApolitical https://t.co/R9Gw1NsOyh
Over the last decade, #Chinese #economic problems, domestic indebtedness, and external critique have reshaped the #BRI, thus, helping #China cast itself as an alternative to the #US, argument Manoj Joshi https://t.co/a0oYKBiPLS
Even though the tale of #Chinese munificence is marred by unsavoury ground realities, all eyes will be on the future of the Belt and Road Initiative, states Harsh V. Pant & @kalpitm https://t.co/wlSpz6vJNJ
With increasingly assertive behavior by #China in the #IndianOcean Region, #India and the #UnitedStates are finding ways to coordinate, consult, and cooperate in #SouthAsia, writes @gs_aditya https://t.co/9BUdQVASny
#Military and #strategic partnerships with the #ASEAN countries have assumed particular significance in the last few years, with the #China factor driving closer #security and military engagements between #India and #ASEAN countries, notes @raji143 https://t.co/xpPavTDWnB
With such strategic stakes, #China has been visibly upset in the past five years, with #India and the #UnitedStates making inroads in the country, note Harsh V Pant & @gs_aditya https://t.co/Hbt9OOkX2K
The #BRI, which was launched shortly after Mr. Xi got the top job, also served as a vehicle for him to brand himself as a global statesman and project #China’s power and influence overseas, writes Harsh V. Pant & @kalpitm https://t.co/wlSpz6whDh
#China’s aim is to ensure that it maintains its traction with the #Arab states of the region, who are once again focused on the Palestinian issue, writes Manoj Joshi https://t.co/AZvYmuEnOY
#Educational cooperation between #India and the US has gone from strength to strength, and there is much more that can be done, points out @asarma2710 https://t.co/7Jn8lVYOsf
#SouthChinaSea issues remain complex, but #India’s geopolitical imperatives in the region are clearer than ever, states @abhijit227 https://t.co/C3G5l2cfsP
The #development of Hainan Special Economic Zone stands to complicate the #geopolitical situation of the #SouthChinaSea, state @PratnashreeBasu and Aishiki Chowdhury https://t.co/u4eozvIxPN
Over the last decade, #Chinese #economic problems, domestic indebtedness, and external critique have reshaped the #BRI, thus, helping #China cast itself as an alternative to the #US, argument Manoj Joshi https://t.co/a0oYKBiPLS
Although #China has initiated steps to improve its #development cooperation programme, many of the commitments have yet to materialise, writes @malancha_1chakr https://t.co/DQfyEtQVMi
Although #China has initiated steps to improve its #development cooperation programme, many of the commitments have yet to materialise, writes @malancha_1chakr https://t.co/DQfyEtQnWK
"An upsurge in financial distress in #BRI recipient countries has obliged Beijing to fork out huge sums for bailouts...This raises the question whether Beijing, in spite of all its rhetoric praising the BRI, is in fact quietly rethinking the whole scheme" https://t.co/35Scqyn3mj
"An upsurge in financial distress over recent years in several BRI recipient countries has obliged Beijing to fork out huge sums for bailouts. This has raised the question of whether Beijing... is in fact quietly rethinking the whole scheme." https://t.co/uxlH4dg7ZX https://t.co/rzWpZMNLkM
Xi Jinping portrayed his signature Belt and Road Initiative as a sweeping alternative to the US-led world order, a vision endorsed in person by Russia's Vladimir Putin https://t.co/w1EMGKl13W
With #SriLanka’s increasing #geopolitical significance, others like #Japan, the #US, and #Australia are interested in assisting the island nation, write Harsh V Pant & @gs_aditya https://t.co/1HFJe1phh5
Geopolitics involving #China’s growing belligerence in Pacific theatre, felt most palpably in waters surrounding #Vietnam & broader #SouthChinaSea, has proven to be a first order deterrent for Vietnam’s great power engagements: Harsh V Pant & @viveksans https://t.co/DmpNBA8zDm
⚡️🇨🇳 The example of Pakistan — the biggest national recipient of Belt & Road Initiative funding — is illustrative of the successes, failures and governance shortcomings that are hampering China’s ambitions to lead developing world, analysts said. New data compiled for Financial… https://t.co/TBNpOGrIWH https://t.co/UNj3tZ9okn
Critical and emerging #technologies are gaining greater salience in the #India-US bilateral partnership, writes @raji143 https://t.co/X0Fk2OCErs
The victory of a pro-#China government in the #Maldives offers #Beijing an opportunity to restore its influence in the #IndianOcean region, write Harsh V Pant & @gs_aditya https://t.co/Hbt9OOluSi
Even though the tale of #Chinese munificence is marred by unsavoury ground realities, all eyes will be on the future of the Belt and Road Initiative, states Harsh V. Pant & @kalpitm https://t.co/wlSpz6vJNJ
With increasingly assertive behavior by #China in the #IndianOcean Region, #India and the #UnitedStates are finding ways to coordinate, consult, and cooperate in #SouthAsia, writes @gs_aditya https://t.co/9BUdQVASny
Due to its #geographical location, the #ASEAN member countries are poised to become #Hainan’s most natural #foreign partners, #investors, participants, and #tourists, write @PratnashreeBasu and Aishiki Chowdhury https://t.co/u4eozvIxPN
#Beijing undoubtedly has accumulated considerable #geopolitical clout in the region through its #economic ties and its various projects that come under the collective rubric of the #BRI, highlights Manoj Joshi https://t.co/AZvYmuEnOY
There should be no doubt that, notwithstanding the criticism, #BRI has been beneficial for #China and its partners; countries that have joined #BRI have seen a jump in #investment and #trade with #China, states Manoj Joshi https://t.co/a0oYKBihWk
China seeks to deepen its sphere of influence in the greater #SouthChinaSea by operationalising a de facto regional exclusionary policy against #SoutheastAsian countries, highlights @DonMcLainGill95 https://t.co/oaHBjdU4zT
The #Chinese development cooperation programme provided an alternative and easy source of finance for several #developing countries that were disappointed with #Western conditionalities, notes @malancha_1chakr https://t.co/DQfyEtQnWK
#China’s aim is to ensure that it maintains its traction with the #Arab states of the region, who are once again focused on the Palestinian issue, writes Manoj Joshi https://t.co/AZvYmuEnOY
#SouthChinaSea issues remain complex, but #India’s geopolitical imperatives in the region are clearer than ever, states @abhijit227 https://t.co/C3G5l2bHDh