India, Sept. 15 -- Warning India about China's "expansionist agenda," former Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay of the Tibetan Government in exile recently said that Beijing views Tibet as the "palm" and surrounding regions as "five fingers" that it aims to control. According to Sangay, Chinese President Xi Jinping reinforced the strategy by tightening Beijing's grip on Tibet and now India needs to careful since it was no longer about Tibet or its border areas but neighbouring countries, including in Southeast Asia and Central Asia.

"Wherever India seeks to build influence or relationships-China is always there to checkmate," he was quoted as saying. Citing Nepal as an example, he also claimed that Chinese officials are the most powerful play...