Amid Beijing’s ‘Silk Road’ Splurge, Chinese Firms Eye Pakistan
February 8th, 2017
Via thew New York Times, an article on Chinese companies’ interest in Pakistan: Chinese companies are in talks to snap up more businesses and land in Pakistan after sealing two major deals in recent months, a sign of deepening ties after Beijing vowed to plough $57 billion (46 billion pounds) into a new trade route […]
Read more »Pakistan and China: Don’t Fear Chabahar Port
February 1st, 2017
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at what Iran’s Chabahar port deal with India and Afghanistan really means for China and Pakistan’s CPEC: Recently, on the sidelines of the sixth Heart of Asia Conference-Istanbul Process in Amritsar, India, Afghanistan and India planned to start air cargo transportation over Pakistan. The move will help greatly in exporting Afghan goods, such […]
Read more »CPEC: Pakistan’s Expensive Gamble
January 17th, 2017
Courtesy of The Gulf News, commentary on how some senior economists in Pakistan are now increasingly voicing their concern over the terms ?of financing from China for CPEC initiatives: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) launched formally during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Islamabad in 2015 symbolises the enduring China-Pakistan friendship. The implementation of the […]
Read more »TAPI: A Transnational Pipe Dream
December 15th, 2016
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a detailed look at the proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline: Forecast Until the Taliban and the government in Kabul arrive at a settlement to end the war, building the Afghan portion of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline will be difficult. So long as India and Pakistan are at loggerheads over the contested […]
Read more »The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
December 9th, 2016
Via The News in Pakistan, commentary on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is not an ordinary run-of-the-mill project; it involves massive economic activity. Its impact is already being felt in Pakistan, albeit not in the way it was expected. Though the Afghan corridor, which can link the CPEC, remains unavailable due […]
Read more »China About to Start $35 Billion of Silk Road Plan in Pakistan
November 25th, 2016
Via Bloomberg, a report on China’s plans to start its investment in Pakistan as part of its Silk Road initiative: More than three quarters of $46 billion of planned Chinese-led investment in Pakistan will be implemented by next year as part of the world’s second-largest economy’s flagship Silk Road plan. “Out of this $46 billion, […]
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