China has India surrounded in their new Great Game

One after another, Beijing is pulling South Asian governments into its orbit

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YUJI KURONUMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI Think of South Asia as a giant Othello board. The squares are countries and slices of coveted territory. The players trying to cover the board with their black or white pieces are China and India.

In the current round, China is winning.

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