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How is the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ of China going to affect India-China relations?

  • UPSC 2017
  • 20 marks
  • India and the Global Centres of Power

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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), launched by Xi Jinping in 2013, is China's attempt to wire Eurasia and the Indian Ocean to its economy through transport, energy and digital networks. India has refused to join since boycotting the first Belt and Road Forum in May 2017, so BRI is a standing bilateral irritant. Its…

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