India, April 5 -- Muhammad Yunus believes he can play China against India, the US, but having burnt their fingers in CPEC and CMEC, the Chinese, while keen on the Bay of Bengal, are also wary.

Like Caesar, Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus should have been warned about the ides of March before his visit to China on 26-29 March.

Perhaps he was enthused by the welcome he received including travelling to Beijing on a plane sent by China. Perhaps he saw it as payback for not receiving an invitation from India, the destination he wanted for his first bilateral visit. Whatever the instigation, his comments on a landlocked Indian Northeast, and Bangladesh as the "guardian of the ocean", raise strategic questions about how beleaguered Y...