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Beyond the Bay ...

In the parlance of ‘subjectivity and objectivity’, writes Daily Noya
Diganta, “China qualifies in both arenas, where India has a mismatch between
these two as she over estimated her capability to dreams to lead the neighbours
as reflected in her foreign policy. The Nepalese hydro power project of 1200
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megawatt is a case in point.” The map 3 below describes China’s ‘real’
intention to not only infesting the IO by its warships and submarines but also
encircling India. Among other Chinese activities around the IO that is about to be
discussed in the following paragraphs this very naval forces employment may be
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viewed and interpreted as Chinese Realpolitik of the Indian Ocean.
“The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is not a Chinese plot”, the Chinese
President Xi Jinping is quoted to have said, “It is neither the post WW II
Marshall Plan, nor is it a Chinese conspiracy. If you had to (call it something),
it’s an overt plot.” 20

Map 3: China’s application of ‘Realpolitik’ in India’s neighbourhood
China’s vision for globalisation - the BRI is seen by many IR experts as a
Beijing style challenge to the US led world order after the fall of USSR.
Although, for China it is the pursuance of their ‘national interest’ and a vehicle
to their peaceful rise, India feels they are gradually ‘encircled’ by Chinese

18. Daily NoyaDiganta, 11 April 2018.
19.https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/here-is-all-you-should-know-about-string-of-pearls-china-s-policy-to-encircle-ind
ia-324315.html, accessed on 05 Dec 2018.
20. The Daily Star, 12 April 2018.

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