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Re: China behind scrapped GMR deal to extend footprint in Maldives and
The response must come to substantiate economic/trade dependence of these smaller neighbors on India. Salvo of Indian companies forming lobby in such foreign land is only the key for serving state interests. I repeat it again, India can not match financial or development packages PRC has to lure these nations. Any investor looks for fat returns & when China turns to Maldives to repay in unparallel form, they will realize whom they've sold themselves to.
Military response to proxy battle involving discretionary power of regional state ? I don't think so. That is like China sending warships to Australia because they threw out Huawei. Last thing you want is little regional country crying on international stage for bullying, it nullifies our arguments in SCS.Your approach is too defensive.
Chinese are too short legged in IOR.
They are testing our waters, if you do not tell them who is the boss, their military planner will jump in after trade planners.
I wouldn't give them a benefit of doubt without a good check. And there is no other other option to test their resolve without being aggressive. If they are here for business they will simply pack their bags from a unstable nation, if they are here for military objective [heck they are here for military objectives, we never interrupted their trade lanes rather guarded it for free, they know we wouldn't because of USA et al., why their is urgency for so called securing them religiously now (string of pearls)] then their is no holds bar for us. Our navy is more trigger happy than anyone else on this planet they just need a go from New Delhi in that case.
The response must come to substantiate economic/trade dependence of these smaller neighbors on India. Salvo of Indian companies forming lobby in such foreign land is only the key for serving state interests. I repeat it again, India can not match financial or development packages PRC has to lure these nations. Any investor looks for fat returns & when China turns to Maldives to repay in unparallel form, they will realize whom they've sold themselves to.