• Chandan Mohanty
• Prachi Madhumita Mohanty

South Asia is fastest growing region of the World. India leads in South Asia while Bangladesh and Maldives are other two emerging economies. Geographical reach and robust economic development made India best friend of all south Asian countries from many decades. But in last decade South Asian countries have faster reach to Beijing than New Delhi. China has shown interest in south Asia and they are doing huge investments in Port, Road & infrastructure development. Many South Asian countries availed loans from China and now it’s becoming a challenge for them to repay. Slowly except India all other south Asian countries have started reviewing their relationship and further action to get out of the debt trapped situation from China. China wants to connect South Asia through One belt one road (OBOR, most ambitious dream infrastructure project of Chinese president Xi Jinping) for its economic influence. Sri Lanka and Pakistan are already suffering from heavy debt trapped situation created by China while other south Asian countries should have maintained careful approach while dealing with China. SAARC nations must learn production, export, Savings for their economic development rather than depending upon China debt. Index terms-hindrance, economies, investment, export, import

hindrance, economies, investment, export, import

"China factor as hindrance in South Asian economic development", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.609-615, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904F95.pdf

"China factor as hindrance in South Asian economic development", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp609-615, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904F95.pdf