China's Ambitions Danger To Stability In South Asia, Says General Bipin Rawat
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China's foray into Myanmar and Bangladesh are attempts to "engulf India", Chief Of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat said
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat today said that China's ambitions and aspirations to global power presented an "omnipresent danger" to stability in South Asia.
China is making "huge" inroads in South Asia and in the Indian Ocean region to strengthen its position as an emerging global power, he said, while delivering the first Ravi Kant Singh Memorial Lecture here.
"Of late, we are witnessing a geo-strategic competition and huge investment by China in the region to create a favourable posture to provide sufficient security to its interests," he said.
Bangladesh and Myanmar have been the largest recipients of Chinese military aid in the recent past, along with significant investments in Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives "to gain strategic foothold (in the region)", he said.
