1/ China x Pakistan
economic corridor is fraught with rising tensions
At stake: competition of internal groups, rebel tribes, security + protection, access to infrastructure, unmet promises + anger over expectations…
in particular GWADAR…
economic corridor is fraught with rising tensions
At stake: competition of internal groups, rebel tribes, security + protection, access to infrastructure, unmet promises + anger over expectations…
in particular GWADAR…
2/ China builds the infrastructure and will get 91% of the revenues from the Gwadar port over the next 40yrs (Chinese Overseas Port Holding Company)—9% will go to Pakistan
Why does this port matter?…
Why does this port matter?…
3/ Why does Gwadar port matter?
-near Strait of Hormuz (between Arabian Sea + Gulf of Oman) where 20% of the world’s oil passes (!)
-China’s main goal is to use it to connect China’s Xinjiang (where millions of Muslims are in concentration camps) with the Arabian Sea
MAPS:
-near Strait of Hormuz (between Arabian Sea + Gulf of Oman) where 20% of the world’s oil passes (!)
-China’s main goal is to use it to connect China’s Xinjiang (where millions of Muslims are in concentration camps) with the Arabian Sea
MAPS:
4/ Already Pakistan—like other countries that fell into the debt diplomacy trap—has sought debt relief from China.
China has leverage over Pakistan.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
China has leverage over Pakistan.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
5/ Look at the body language between Xi Jinping + Pakistan’s prime minister Imran Khan in Beijing in April 2019
Who is giving? Who is taking?
Who is giving? Who is taking?
6/ Now Pakistan is facing internal protests as basic services from drinking water to education to food are failing—
while China is illegally fishing and taking from local fisherman…
And worse violence has begun…
ft.com/content/0bd398…
while China is illegally fishing and taking from local fisherman…
And worse violence has begun…
ft.com/content/0bd398…
7/ Pakistani militants (labeled terrorists by China) bombed a bus and killed 9 Chinese nationals on the way to a $2B hydropower project built by state-owned Chinese group China Gezhouba Group…
8/ There is a diplomatic and economic opportunity for US-Pakistan alliance to more ethically + fairly build infastructure in the interest of Pakistani people (and in US interest to thwart China dominance and control of ports + access routes)
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