China's One Belt, One Road initiative Obor, has emerged as a major force for promotion of cross-border investment since it was announced in 2013.
Thailand has drawn up a design for a Bangkok to Kunming high-speed railway Laos has started constructing a rail line connecting Vientiane to southern China and not to mention Pakistan, perhaps the largest beneficiary of Obor so far with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Cpec at its core.
But one big nation is refusing to get on the road with this ambitious project.
In a widely-published statement last month, India's former foreign secretary, Kanwal Sibal, said his country should ignore...