The Impact of Chinese Foreign Policy on the Countries of the South Asian Region

The research aims to shed light on Chinese foreign policy towards Southeast Asian countries and the impact of this policy on developing Chinas bilateral relations with these countries. The South Asia region is one of the most important regions for China as it has a direct impact on the country whether the impact is positive or negative. Therefore, it seeks to achieve its goals in its various political, cultural, and geostrategic dimensions towards this region. China is based on important dimensions that give it the ability to formulate its foreign policy in the South Asian region. These dimensions include the components of political, geostrategic, and cultural power, through which it has been able to greatly attract the countries of South Asia despite the challenges it faces. China is one of the countries that seeks to achieve its goals and interests in the countries of the South Asian region through the capabilities it faces towards a prominent rise in the region and the world to achieve the strategic goals that it has set which are in line with the strategy of peaceful global expansion that it has pursued and its policy towards the countries of this region which includes Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, and Bangladesh.