Bangladesh's Relations with China and India: A Comparative Study

Datta, Sreeradha

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“…India and China's shared interest in Bangladesh is creating some challenges for the country. Meanwhile, an adequate appreciation of Chinese presence and influence in Bangladesh is a prerequisite for a more effective Indian policy towards Bangladesh (Datta, 2008). Currently, China is accountable for Bangladesh's 16% trade.…”

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Economic & geopolitical opportunities and challenges for Bangladesh

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Tamanna

Zannat

2021

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Investment seeking Bangladesh's economy is hungry for local and international finance for its infrastructure development. One Belt-One Road (OBOR) seems opened a golden door, not only for Bangladesh's economic reform but also created an opportunity for higher bilateral cooperation between China and Bangladesh. The geographical location of Bangladesh is playing a vital role despite being a small economy and territory in the region. Covering three sides of the Bangladeshi border, economically emerging state India has a sharp eye look on Bangladesh's strategies and policies more than any other time. The hostile looks of India (on China's OBOR initiative) are not an easy task for Bangladesh regarding Geopolitical & Economic strategies. Growing interests in Bangladesh among China and India appeared as a two-edged sword. However, India was the major trading partner of Bangladesh. However, China's trade with Bangladesh has increased manifold in recent years to surpass India from 2004 onwards. This is slowing down, and the change of economic relations between India and Bangladesh, coupled with strained and uncertain political relations, raises multiple concerns. Many dynamics have contributed to China's growing presence in Bangladesh compared to India's decline concerning trade and investment. India has lost out to China in many vital industries. While reviewing and assessing recent developments, the study also depicts a strategy to counter India's declining economic influence in Bangladesh.

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Section: Challenges Regarding Obormentioning

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Economic & geopolitical opportunities and challenges for Bangladesh

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Tamanna

Zannat

2021

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“…Second, the country is exposed to the influence of two key regional players-India and China, both vying to keep Bangladesh under their sphere of influence (Bhardwaj, 2003;Datta, 2008;Kanwal, 2018;Riaz, 2019, pp. 53-76).…”

Section: Why To Compare Bangladesh's Voting Data With the Key Players?mentioning

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Is Voting Patterns at the United Nations General Assembly a Useful Way to Understand a Country’s Policy Inclinations: Bangladesh’s Voting Records at the United Nations General Assembly

Khan

2020

SAGE Open

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This article explores Bangladesh’s voting coincidences at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) with China, India, Russia, and the United States for the period 2001–2017 to draw inferences about country’s political proximity and policy preferences on global issues. Although Bangladesh’s voting coincidence shifted from China toward India since 2013, country’s “opposite” votes with India remained 3 times higher compared with that of China, suggesting that the post-2013 change in voting coincidence is more about the types and content of the resolutions and not fundamental. Bangladesh maintained a principled position on disarmament, conventional arms control, nuclear nonproliferation, and prohibition of chemical weapons resolutions, which are greatly at odds with India and China. Such voting coherency suggests that the small developing countries can maintain a higher level of voting consistency on issues that are of great interest to them. However, Bangladesh’s voting inconstancy in the country-specific human rights resolutions reflects a selective adherence to the policy of non-interference, particularly with respect to neighbors. Bangladesh’s voting records on the human rights situation in Myanmar, reveals that it joined the majority member states condemning Myanmar only when the resolutions started mentioning Bangladesh as an affected country. Although the voting coincidence alone may not capture the whole dynamics of a state’s leanings, this article has revealed that systematic research of UNGA voting records has the capacity to add to the knowledge of political proximity and policy preferences of states in terms of the way they weigh their choices and chart their path through idealism and opportunism.

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“…Though India has strong cultural ties with Bangladesh (Datta, 2008), there is greater scope for enhanced collaboration in new avenues of cooperation. Hence, ‘cultural exchange programmes for the years 2015–2017’ have been adopted during Modi’s visit to Dhaka.…”

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“…In the ambit of socio-cultural relations, promotion of educational exchange, training and cooperation is one of the prime aspects. It is estimated that over 50,000 Bangladeshi students pursue higher studies in India, among those around 100 students come under various scholarship scheme (Datta, 2008, p. 769). The promotion of educational exchange, training and cooperation between India and Bangladesh is also noticeable under Modi’s regime.…”

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Narendra Modi’s Bangladesh Policy and India–Bangladesh Relations: Challenges and Possible Policy Responses

Kashem

Islam

2016

India Quarterly

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The article investigates Narendra Modi’s Bangladesh policy and India–Bangladesh relations under his regime. It challenges the conventional wisdom that when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Awami League (AL) regime are in power, India and Bangladesh do not enjoy warm relations and argues the opposite. It contends that water issue and dynamics of domestic politics work as major challenges in forging India–Bangladesh relations. On the contrary, it also identifies opportunities to further strengthen the bilateral relations. It finds that there are a number of untapped potentials that need to be explored and be exploited. It is of greater interest for both India and Bangladesh to foster the bilateral relations based on mutual understanding, respect and reciprocity.

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Bangladesh's Relations with China and India: A Comparative Study

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Economic & geopolitical opportunities and challenges for Bangladesh

Economic & geopolitical opportunities and challenges for Bangladesh

Is Voting Patterns at the United Nations General Assembly a Useful Way to Understand a Country’s Policy Inclinations: Bangladesh’s Voting Records at the United Nations General Assembly

Narendra Modi’s Bangladesh Policy and India–Bangladesh Relations: Challenges and Possible Policy Responses

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