China, India vie for Dhaka Stock Exchange as regional rivalry intensifies

China, India vie for Dhaka Stock Exchange as regional rivalry intensifies

A man walks past an electronic board showing the benchmark Shanghai and Shenzhen stock indices, on a pedestrian overpass at the Pudong financial district in Shanghai, China, June 26, 2015. REUTERS/Aly Song

The push for geopolitical influence in Asia is expanding from hard infrastructure to financial assets, with a Chinese bourse outbidding an India rival for Bangladesh’s main stock exchange.

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