{"id":1534,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/chinas-growing-footprint-and-a-tangible-shift-in-power-dynamics-upsc-psir-2025-4106\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:33","slug":"chinas-growing-footprint-and-a-tangible-shift-in-power-dynamics-upsc-psir-2025-4106","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/chinas-growing-footprint-and-a-tangible-shift-in-power-dynamics-upsc-psir-2025-4106\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s growing footprint and a tangible shift in power dynamics in Bangladesh has weakened India\u2019s leverage in Dhaka. Comment."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 Doval: most important neighbour \u2014 showcase of Neighbourhood First \u2192 China has not displaced the record, only ended India\u2019s monopoly as Dhaka&#039;s option R2 statement locates the cause outside \u2014 leverage has thinned, but the opening was made at home<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">) China\u2019s advantage is procedural \u2192 firms indifferent to profit \/ no conditions on transparency or reform \/ faster decisions than India manages \u2014 Bajpai: disinterested neighbour vs big brother India \u2014 dependency theory: reliance as structural inequality, Chinese finance loosens it \u2192 India\u2019s own unfinished business \u2192 54 rivers, only two agreements \u2014 Teesta framework falls 2011 to West Bengal \u2014 Rahman: impasse undermines trust \u2014 credit lines and project delivery lagging<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">erosion is partial \u2192 transit dependence runs both ways \u2192 land boundary settled, maritime award accepted in Dhaka\u2019s favour<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">fonclusion routes ) R1 what thinned is goodwill, not primacy \u2192 Sabharwal: fulfil commitments, expedite projects R2 leverage in Dhaka was never coercive \u2014 it returns through delivery, not pressure<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[36],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[83],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1534","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-36","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-india-and-south-asia","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2735,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1534\/revisions\/2735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1534"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1534"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1534"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}