Mango Deal Sweetens Ties Between Bangladesh and China

Bangladesh's Ministry of Commerce advisor Sheikh Bashir Uddin (3L) and China's ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen (2R) inspect mango caskets during a ceremony at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on May 28, 2025. AFP

Bangladesh waved off its first consignment of mangoes to China on Wednesday, a largely symbolic export as Beijing seeks to sweeten ties after relations soured between Dhaka and its former ally and neighbor, India.

Bangladesh, still reeling from the political fallout of a 2024 uprising that ended the autocratic rule of Sheikh Hasina — who fled by helicopter to New Delhi — has since been courted by Beijing, India’s rival.

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