https://www.scmp.com/rss/326128/feed Rubeena Mahato is a Nepali writer. She writes on global politics and development policy en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A new geopolitics is shaping up in South Asia: China is fast replacing India and the West, commanding greater say among small South Asian states which have felt bogged down by Indian and Western machinations. Despite India’s opposition and warnings about debt entrapment and environmental crises, most South Asian states have joined China’s Belt and Road Initiative. However, apart from concerns about what the initiative means for the West and India, there has been little discussion of how small... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2169108/india-and-west-are-concerned-about-chinas-growing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/asia/article/2169108/india-and-west-are-concerned-about-chinas-growing?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Oct 2018 07:00:30 +0000 The sweeping victory of the Communist CPN-UML and Maoist Party alliance in Nepal’s election this month has raised alarm bells. The primary concern in the international press seems to be that a communist government will allow China a greater role in a region India sees as its backyard. There is speculation, mostly from Indian sources, that China has been pulling the levers behind the scenes to help the two major left parties come together. Western media have repeated the claim, with the alliance... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2125919/nepals-new-left-wing-leaders-want-balance-and-prosperity-not?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2125919/nepals-new-left-wing-leaders-want-balance-and-prosperity-not?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Dec 2017 02:18:30 +0000