At the 3rd BRI Forum earlier this month to mark the 10th anniversary of Xi Jinping’s pet transnational “trade and connectivity” project, the new Thai PM, Srettha Thavisin, drew something on a piece of paper as part of a planned pitch to China. In episode 1337 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discusses what the drawing depicted, why it is a controversial idea that keeps making a comeback, and what it means for Indian interests in and Chinese designs on the Indo-Pacific.
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