Dhaka, Oct. 18 -- Over the past week or so South Asia has featured very prominently in China's diplomacy. This is particularly so concerning its relations with Pakistan, India and Nepal. There was a visit to Beijing by Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan, immediately followed by a trip to India and Nepal by President Xi Jinping of China. For Beijing, there was an apparent cementing of bonds with Pakistan, some release of tensions with India, and an opening up of new vistas of cooperation with Nepal. There was the steady but inexorable drive of President Xi Jinping towards the realization of his cherished Zhang-guo Mung or 'China Dream'. It implied the resurrection of China from centuries of inertia and its repositioning of itself to one...