In June 2017 Chinese troops were spotted extending a road through a strip of land disputed between China and Bhutan. Remain prepared for situations that are emerging gradually into conflict.”India’s rejection of the Belt and Road may have triggered the confrontation that developed later in the summer. One month before the Doklam standoff, China had gathered about thirty national leaders at its first summit devoted to provide guidance for the Belt and Road. In a speech in Delhi, its ambassador to India floated the idea of renaming the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Excerpted with permission from Bruno Macaes’s Belt and Road published by Penguin India

Source: The Telegraph February 05, 2019 20:03 UTC