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    ISAS Working Papers

    Long-term studies on trends and issues in South Asia

    248 : Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal: A Strategic Factor in China-South Asia Relations

    P S Suryanarayana

    12 December 2016

    Chinese President Xi Jinping's go-global strategy towards Maritime South Asia will be fashioned by the interests and concerns of China, but may well be buffeted by those of India. The centrepiece of this study is a bird's-eye view of the emerging interplay of such potential Sino-Indian power projections.