The only major country to openly boycott the Belt Road Forum, India has emerged as the most vocal opponent of China’s continent-spanning infrastructure project. The reasons for New Delhi’s skepticism about the Belt-Road Initiative (BRI) may not seem evident. However, as China’s infrastructure projects have begun to roll out the alarm bells have been ringing. This is not true in all segments of the BRI, but it seems prevalent in the areas closest to India. In any case, India has never said it would try to undermine or block Chinese projects in other countries — merely that it would not be signing up for the initiative.

Source: Hindustan Times May 15, 2017 09:56 UTC