Following Shai's reconciliation, China has achieved another major diplomatic victory in South Asia.
From the 23rd to the 24th of this month,Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishak Dar paid a "historic visit" to Bangladesh,A number of cooperation agreements were also signed, including mutual visa waiver.The importance of this visit is obvious to both countries.
Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister Visits Bangladesh
After the division of India in 1947, Bangladesh was divided into Pakistan, then known as "East Pakistan", although the two countries were Islamic countries, but due to geographical segregation, economic downturn and political repression, the conflicts between the two countries gradually accumulated.
In 1971, Bangladesh waged a war of independence with the support of India.The Pakistani army has been accused of committing mass atrocities during the crackdown that killed hundreds of thousands or even millions of people。 To this day, there are still people in Bangladesh who demand that Pakistan apologize for history.
Because of this, the relationship between the two countries has been frozen for a long time, and there is basically no substantial progress. Nowadays, Bangladesh and Pakistan have close high-level interactions. The two sides not only engage in political dialogue, but also sign cooperation agreements.Undoubtedly, it means that the two sides have finally taken a crucial step in the “freezing half a century.”
For India, which has long regarded Bangladesh as its closest partner, the scene is undoubtedly a blowAfter the fall of Hassina, the relationship between the two countries was obviously cold.Today, Bangladesh is more in the "arms" of the enemy of India, and India naturally has nothing to look good.
Relationships rapidly deteriorated after the fall of Hassina
And more importantly, this is not an isolated case. In recent years, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka and other countries have shown the tendency to "keep a distance" from India to varying degrees.For India, which has always called itself the “Hegemony of South Asia,” this means its importance in the region is gradually losing.
It can be said that this "Great Reconciliation of the Century" in Bammon is likely to be the beginning of a major adjustment in the South Asian geography.
Note thatThe biggest "hero" of Barmon's handshake and peace this time is not ChinaIn June this year, the three-party Deputy Foreign Ministers meeting was held in Yunnan Kunming, China, and during this meeting, China's Deputy Foreign Minister Sun Huangdong made it clear:Both Bangladesh and Pakistan are good neighbors and partners of China, and strengthening cooperation among the three parties is in the common interest.
Obviously, this meeting laid the framework for future cooperation between the three sides.Now, in just two months, the Birmingham relationship has achieved a historic breakthrough, clearly inseparable from China's mediation and push.
Of course, the changes in the pattern of South Asia are a great test for India.Although Sino-Indian relations have improved recently, this is more of a "forced" choice by India, its relationship with the United States has suffered a huge impact due to the inability to negotiate tariff policies. In order to stabilize the economic and political situation, good relations with China is a necessary option for India. But at the same time,The duality of India's relationship with China has not disappeared.Take the Taiwan Strait issue as an example.
[China, Bangladesh and Pakistan hold tripartite meeting in China]
When Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited India not long ago, Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar clearly expressed his support for the "one-China principle" in front of Wang Yi and recognized the basic fact that Taiwan is part of China. But not long after Foreign Minister Wang Yi left, an Indian official jumped out to "clarify".China said it “misunderstood” India’s position and said it would continue to strengthen so-called economic, scientific and technological cooperation with the People’s Progressive Party.
China has actually seen India's swaying from side to side. To a certain extent, the handshake between Bangladesh and Pakistan this time is a "back hand" left by China in South Asia. It sends a clear message to India:If you continue to play "two-faced", the South Asian landscape can be reshaped without Indian dominance.
The breaking of the Bammon ice means that India is defeated in its strategic space in the east; the isolation of Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives makes India’s South Asian friendship increasingly empty.
At the moment, the biggest challenge for Modi is not how to confront China, but how to maintain his position in South Asia. butFrom the current situation, this “hegemon dream” is a bit broken.