Thread by @LineOfDeceit

CPEC: A Chinese Highway on Stolen Kashmiri Soil

Behind China’s so-called “development” lies theft, deception, and imperial ambition.
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) runs through illegally occupied Indian territory.
Let’s decode this neo-colonial project. 1/11

CPEC is a $62+ billion infrastructure project — part of China’s Belt & Road Initiative.
Its flagship? A highway + energy corridor that cuts right through Gilgit-Baltistan, without India’s consent.

It violates Indian sovereignty. (2/11)

India's stand is crystal clear:
“No country can accept a project that ignores its core concerns on sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

CPEC passes through PoK, which is Indian territory under illegal Pakistani occupation.

Hence, CPEC is illegal. (3/11)

Why is China interested in this land?

Shorter trade route via Gwadar

Strategic access to Arabian Sea

Military foothold in South Asia

Proximity to India’s borders

And Pakistan? It bartered this land to escape economic collapse. (4/11)

CPEC is NOT development for locals in GB/PoK:

No jobs for native populations

Land seized without consent

Military zones increased

Chinese-only enclaves created

Protesters in Hunza, Skardu arrested or silenced

This is resource plunder under occupation. (5/11)

Where’s the benefit for Pakistan?

🔻Pakistan’s external debt has doubled since CPEC began.
🔻Over 25% of Pakistan’s annual debt repayment goes to China.
🔻Projects plagued by delays, corruption & overruns.

This is not investment. It’s entrapment. (6/11)

Voices from Gilgit-Baltistan are rising:

“We weren’t consulted.”

“We didn’t agree to give our land.”

“CPEC is destroying our rivers, forests, identity.”

These are not Indian claims — they are from inside GB.
Pakistan is suppressing them all. (7/11)

China is building surveillance systems across PoK under CPEC cover:

Facial recognition in GB cities

Military garrisons along highways

Restricted movement for locals

This is Chinese colonialism, and Pakistan is the collaborator. (8/11)

Pakistani leaders call CPEC their “economic lifeline.”
But at what cost?
➡️ Sovereignty
➡️ Environmental destruction
➡️ Discontent in PoK and GB
➡️ Chinese control over ports, highways, power plants

CPEC is a lease of the state itself. (9/11)

For India, CPEC is not just a diplomatic concern.
It is a direct challenge to our territorial integrity.
And any nation ignoring this is complicit in violating Indian sovereignty. (10/11)

Let the world remember:
CPEC is not just a road — it’s a highway through stolen land, guarded by a rising authoritarian regime, enabled by a failing one.

India will never accept this.
The land is ours. The truth is too. (11/11)

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