For China, Bangladesh crisis spells opportunity and awkward social echoes

Beijing treads cautiously after student-led protests oust India-friendly Hasina

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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, weeks before she was ousted from power. (Photo from X account of China's vice minister of foreign affairs)

CAO LI, Contributing writer

HONG KONG -- Less than a month ago, Bangladesh's then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was in Beijing, shaking hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping and signing a slew of agreements. Now she is in exile, her government toppled by student protests that remind many of China's own past.

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