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Bangladesh draws closer to China in ‘political chessboard’ to balance India ties
South China Morning PostChina · ASIA
Bangladesh’s tilt towards China has added a new dimension to security and trade in South Asia, signalling what observers see as Dhaka’s desire to be a strategic actor in the region and ease its overre...
Bangladesh’s tilt towards China has added a new dimension to security and trade in South Asia, signalling what observers see as Dhaka’s desire to be a strategic actor in the region and ease its overreliance on India.
The hedging policy comes after the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government in 2024 amid a student-led uprising.
Under an interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, and then the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) after it came to power in February, the country’s...