So, you are saying all those hues and cries you made why India is missing out the golden chance. Both through diplomats, are actually Chinese trying to say "No India is not welcome"/"we don't need you at all"? Come on that's straight BS.
No crying, really. Because India does not offer any geostrategic advantage to the BRI other than being a potential market. But, with or without the BRI, India is a market to take advantage of.
And how's your great access to Europe going on?
Going great. Increasing on yearly basis. Last year, more than 2000 freight trains traveled between China and Europe. Think of it; China's trade volume was $4.6 trillion last year.
EU is not particularly happy about BRI. Although they send delegations. That's why you are trying to get close to the members, like Greece. Buying out some ports around the region.
We do not need their happiness but cooperation. They will whine and cry but, in the end, money talks. They join not out of love, but out of self-interest. Greece port is important as a trade hub. In fact, under China's management, Piraeus Port has become one of Europe's top 5 ports.
As of now, BRI is just a pan - Asia forum. No Europe, not much from the Americas. And struggling in Africa. It'll be years before any changes will be noticed. If everything works as planned. And with the NK and US breathing down your neck. I don't see this taking off anytime soon.
BRI is a Eurasian project. There are massive communication ad connection lines being established (including three main rail lines up into London), but, it is still in building stage. China values Western Europe as a market for finished goods, and Eastern/Central Europe as a market for infra. It is exactly what is happening on the ground.
Americas are not on the immediate radar of the BRI.
It'll be years before any changes will be noticed. If everything works as planned. And with the NK and US breathing down your neck. I don't see this taking off anytime soon.
Too much pessimism. Strategy is achieving one's objectives under unfavorable conditions. The world is a tough place. The virtue is to survive and get stronger in such a world. US can breath as hardly as it can, China has its own plans and goes about doing them.
As for India joining the bandwagon, we will simply wait
. Evaluates all the benefits, we are not desperate for joining BRI. We still get investment from Chinese, and even the BRI routes are not in Chinese control which makes it an open route where anyone can ship.
India has time. It can wait until the Ganges becomes clean and keep evaluating. Maybe next election cycle. But, for us, time is precious when it comes to development. BRI is not simply building roads, it is more about building and connecting systems. You are in it or you are not in it. But, China is less desperate about India's joining than India is about joining.
So, I guess, both sides do not care much.