China warns Bangladesh about joining IPEF

China’s ambassador to Bangladesh last week warned the country about joining the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, just days after Bangladesh expressed interest in two of the agreement’s pillars. Speaking at a seminar in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, on June 8, Ambassador Li Jiming referred to several alliances between the U.S. and Indo-Pacific countries, including the IPEF, as unwelcome developments. “I strongly believe we will do even better without these pacts,” he said, according to a report in Prothom Alo ,...