• Since its inception, the CPEC has been met with multiple roadblocks, and China seems to have trimmed its $62-billion pledges to the project.
  • The Maldives’ current regime of President Ibrahim Solih has tried to distance itself from the BRI, focusing more on its ‘India First’ policy.
  • Bangladesh has also avoided Chinese interference in its internal matters by stressing its sovereign power when China warned it about joining the Quad.