China and South Asia Changing Regional Dynamics, Development and Power Play

This book looks at the changing dynamics and regional power play between China and South Asia. It explores crucial issues such as China–Pakistan Economic Corridor and the changing nature of China–India relations; China’s trident approach in South Asia and its rising influence in the region;theresponses of small states to rising China; China’s twenty-first-century Belt and Road Initiative; China and India; China’s rise and the USA’s security policy vis-à-vis India; the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and regional security; and Russia’s ‘Pivot to the East’ and its impact on the Asia-Pacific region. The volume brings together theviews of scholars from China, South Asia and beyond on different aspects of China and South Asia engagement, including regional politics, connectivity, infrastructure and development projects, power politics, economy, ideology and culture. The chapters offer insights into trends and challenges within China’s economic and security environment as impacted by globalization, regional interests and the demands of cooperation. They present critical, comprehensive and expert analyses of China’s engagement with South Asia by covering historical, sociological, political, cultural, economic and strategic factors while including perspectives from individual countries. This volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of Chinese studies, politics and international relations, South Asian studies, foreign policy, diplomacy, security and strategic studies and political studies, as well as to those in media, policymakers, bureaucrats, diplomats and think tanks.

Foreword by S D Muni 1. Introduction: China and South Asia in the 21st Century Rajiv Ranjan PART I: Politics and Strategy 2. CPEC and Changing Dynamics of China–India Relations Saeed Shafqat 3. China’s Trishula Approach in South Asia: Challenges to Balancing the End Game Mahendra P Lama 4. Coping with Rising China: Responses of the Small States of South Asia Robayt Khondoker and Rashed Uz Zaman 5. Cooperation or Competition in China–India Relations: A Quantitative Analysis of Debate Zhang Shulan, Xu Weidan, Huo Wenle 6. Security Environment in South Asia: The Role of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Amjad Abbas Khan Part II: Belt and Road Initiative 7. China’s 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road and its Influence on the Development of South Asia: A Geopolitical Perspective Asantha Senevirathna 8. Belt and Road Initiative: Changing Dynamics of Development in South Asia Atia Ali Kazmi 9. Belt and Road Initiative: Chinese Normative Power in South Asia Federico Tombari 10. Bangladesh–China Maritime Security Cooperation: A Search for New Opportunities under the 'Belt and Road' Initiative Noor Mohammad Sarker Part III: Ideology, Media and Culture 11. The Impact of Sino-Soviet Spilt on the Left Politics in Pakistan Muhammad Qasim Sodhar 12. Image of China in Afghan Media Hazrat Bahar 13. Prospects of China–India Bilateral Cooperation in Cultural Industry in a New Stage of the 21st Century Wan Jiqiong 14. Development of Cultural Eco-tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan: Opportunities and Challenges in the Wake of CPEC Naila Masood Ahmad Part IV: Great Power Politics 15. Anticipating the China Challenge: China’s Rise and the United States’ Security Policy vis-à-vis India Kashish Parpiani 16. China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the Indian Ocean Balance Vivek Mishra 17. Russia’s “Pivot to the East” and its Impact on Asia-Pacific Region and South Asia Alexey A. Semenov

Rajiv Ranjan is Associate Professor in Global Studies at theCollege of Liberal Arts, Shanghai University, China. Guo Changgang is Professor at the College of Liberal Arts; Directorof theInstitute of Global Studies, Shanghai University, and Director of the Institute of History, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China.