back before the CCP.  Even before the KMT.  Actually even before the late Ching dynasty.  The Overseas Chinese have influences in China, the US, Europe.  If Modi goes against them, India will be screwed.

The overseas Chinese network is more powerful than the CCP.  You have no clue. Overseas Chinese's Souh East Asian GDP alone is larger than India's GDP.  And, the sad thing is there are only 30+ million Overseas Chinese in South East Asia compared to India's 1.3 billion.  30 million has more wealth and influence than 1.3 billion people.