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The Dragon-Elephant Dance: China and India’s Battle for South Asia

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The Dragon-Elephant Dance: China and India’s Battle for South Asia

Yun Sun and Jagannath Panda discuss China and India’s battle for influence and power projection across South Asia.

The Dragon-Elephant Dance: China and India’s Battle for South Asia

Beyond the Indus host Tushar Shetty is joined by Yun Sun, a senior fellow and director of the China program at the Stimson Center, and Jagannath Panda, the head of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, to break down China and India’s battle for influence and power projection across South Asia.

We discuss both countries’ global ambitions and their strategic interests in South Asia, the various economic and diplomatic policies they utilize to garner influence and goodwill in the region, and how their mutual relationship will evolve over the next few years, as both China and India seek to ascend to superpower status in the 21st century.

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