Bangladesh-Myanmar Border, China’s Gambit and India's Compounding Challenge

Bangladesh-Myanmar border, China’s gambit and India's compounding challenge

This article is authored by Cchavi Vasisht, associate fellow, Chintan Research Foundation, New Delhi.

China’s Bangladeshi Corridor Plan Faces Major Challenges In Myanmar

The latest phase of Myanmar’s civil war, the Rohingya issue, and the “Arakan Army” are the three greatest obstacles to closer Bangladeshi-Myanmarese cooperation. The Chinese Foreign Ministry reported that President Xi Jinping and Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman discussed the creation of an overland trade corridor between their countries through Myanmar last month. The larger context concerns the return of nationalist rule to Bangladesh…