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Accelerating of Chinese influence across South Asia is fundamentally reshaping the region’s geopolitical landscape. This is a big foreign policy challenge for India. Analyse.

  • UPSC 2026
  • 20 marks
  • India and South Asia

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China is not a South Asian state, yet it supplied 80% of Pakistan's arms imports in 2021–25 (SIPRI) and finances ports from Gwadar to Malé. The statement makes two claims: that the region is being reshaped "fundamentally", and that this is a major challenge for India. The second holds firmly. The first holds only in…

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  • Drivers of the acceleration
  • How the landscape is changing
  • Why it is a serious challenge
  • Why "fundamentally" overstates it
  • Conclusion
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