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22:19, 27-Jun-2017
India prefers ‘One Belt & Many Roads’ with profitable prospect
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By CGTN’s Keerqinfu
China has won plaudits for its Belt and Road Initiative from far and wide, but there is one neighboring country that has notably not got involved – India.
With Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s US visit dominating the headlines, CGTN’s Dialogue hosted experts from India and the US to interpret the chemistry between China and India, two of the fastest-growing economies.
Jayant Prasad, director general of the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses in New Delhi, said India had chosen not to participate because it does not see the benefit of scheme that “circumvents India.”
“Other countries also have connectivity plans. By the singularity of approach of ‘One Belt One Road,’ it seems very Sino-centric. If you had called it ‘One Belt and Many Roads,’ it would have been easier for countries,” Prasad explained.
Analysts have said India may be looking to align itself with the US in a new world order, and there has been much speculation about items on the agenda for Modi’s meeting with US officials including President Donald Trump.
According to Graham Allison, director of Harvard’s Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs, “What they will be discussing is the relationship between the US and China, where basically India with respect of rising China has a problem similar to the US. Therefore, there is natural alignment between India and the US.”