How Is India-China Conflict Being Exploited By Their Neighbours?

The Maldives recently renewed MoUs with India to train its civil servants. At the same time, the island nation has also signed defence agreements and infrastructure deals with China. This balancing act by The Maldives, as Foreign Minister S Jaishankar says, does not affect India. But it most certainly points to Male trying to exploit the long-standing conflict between India and China. How is the India-China conflict being exploited by their neighbours? News9 Plus decodes for you.