Both Japan and China can help Bangladesh reach its full potential

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An opinion article argues that Bangladesh’s new government can use cooperation with Japan and China to expand economic opportunity and preserve political choice after authoritarian rule. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s visit to Japan is presented as a signal of potential investment and financial support.

In the Land of the Rising Sun, Bangladesh looks forward to a new dawn. The hope that comes with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s visit to Japan goes beyond the deals signed or the financial support expected. It shows a country that has emerged from authoritarian rule and wants to turn its new political voice into bigger economic chances and freedom of choice. For a government chosen by the people, foreign policy must answer one question: how does it make life better for the people who gave it...