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It fun reading all those butt hurt comments from Indians about CPEC of course Americans do the same but via think tanks..
They have convinced them selves it is a big mistake yet they are so upset..
a simple rule... if your enemies are complaining then we must be doing the right thing..
They have convinced them selves it is a big mistake yet they are so upset..
a simple rule... if your enemies are complaining then we must be doing the right thing..
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That rule is the best way to gauge whether you're on the right track in safeguarding your own national interest. Absolutely agree.
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Yes.. the hilarious thing is they are citing some Israeli editorial and Hussian Haqqani as CPEC champions...
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Hahaha --- truly amazing.
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CPEC Project A ‘Trillion-Dollar Blunder’, Pakistan Calls It ‘Outstanding Initiative’
The debt outcome of the CPEC project is about $80 billion, 90% of which will be paid for by Pakistan in the form of the national debt. Islamabad knows that it will not be able to pay China back and will eventually lose the sovereignty of its own land
EurAsian Times Desk
Pakistan PM Imran Khan pledged that his government would complete the CPEC project (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) at any cost and pass its benefits to the country despite media reports calling it a Trillion-Dollar Blunder.
https://eurasiantimes.com/cpec-proj...der-pakistan-calls-it-outstanding-initiative/
CPEC Project A ‘Trillion-Dollar Blunder’, Pakistan Calls It ‘Outstanding Initiative’
The debt outcome of the CPEC project is about $80 billion, 90% of which will be paid for by Pakistan in the form of the national debt. Islamabad knows that it will not be able to pay China back and will eventually lose the sovereignty of its own land
EurAsian Times Desk
Pakistan PM Imran Khan pledged that his government would complete the CPEC project (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) at any cost and pass its benefits to the country despite media reports calling it a Trillion-Dollar Blunder.
https://eurasiantimes.com/cpec-proj...der-pakistan-calls-it-outstanding-initiative/
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I believe we are already done deciphering the evil intent and propaganda behind such anti cpec articles regularly churned out by mostly self hating brownies on every logical parameter so there's no need to allow anyone post such opium pieces. Imo the only thing considered kosher must be to talk about the maximum utilization of this project in Pakistans favor
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I disagree
I treat it like a measurement tool, to see how successful we are on the project.
remember what ever their narrative is , the opposite is true
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Firms blacklisted by World Bank got CPEC contracts: Alice Wells
ANI | Published: 22nd January 2020 12:47 PM
Alice Wells, Senior Bureau Official in South and Central Asia wing of State Department. (File | AP)
ISLAMABAD: Senior US diplomat Alice Wells on Tuesday sharply criticised the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) saying that the companies blacklisted by the World Bank had got contracts in the multi-billion dollar project.
At a think-tank event, Wells, who is on a four-day visit to Pakistan, said that there was no transparency in CPEC projects financed by China and it has lead to Pakistan's debt burden, The Dawn reported.
The CPEC is a multi-billion dollar development project, with a planned network of roads, railways and energy projects linking China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region with Pakistan's strategic Gwadar Port on the Arabian Sea.
During the event, Wells also talked about Pakistan's growing debt problem, saying that the Chinese money for CPEC was not assistance to Islamabad and the loans given to them will later take a heavy toll on its already struggling economy.
The Pakistan Foreign Office, in a statement, said that a range of bilateral issues, including political engagement and economic partnership were discussed between the nations during Well's visit to Pakistan.
Although Wells' visit comes immediately after Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's trip to Washington, her trip had been previously planned centred around talks on Afghanistan, Middle East tension and other bilateral issues.
ANI | Published: 22nd January 2020 12:47 PM
Alice Wells, Senior Bureau Official in South and Central Asia wing of State Department. (File | AP)
ISLAMABAD: Senior US diplomat Alice Wells on Tuesday sharply criticised the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) saying that the companies blacklisted by the World Bank had got contracts in the multi-billion dollar project.
At a think-tank event, Wells, who is on a four-day visit to Pakistan, said that there was no transparency in CPEC projects financed by China and it has lead to Pakistan's debt burden, The Dawn reported.
The CPEC is a multi-billion dollar development project, with a planned network of roads, railways and energy projects linking China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region with Pakistan's strategic Gwadar Port on the Arabian Sea.
During the event, Wells also talked about Pakistan's growing debt problem, saying that the Chinese money for CPEC was not assistance to Islamabad and the loans given to them will later take a heavy toll on its already struggling economy.
The Pakistan Foreign Office, in a statement, said that a range of bilateral issues, including political engagement and economic partnership were discussed between the nations during Well's visit to Pakistan.
Although Wells' visit comes immediately after Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's trip to Washington, her trip had been previously planned centred around talks on Afghanistan, Middle East tension and other bilateral issues.
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Opinion
Maria Siow
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor faces new threats from militancy
Maria Siow
Published: 11:00am, 7 Aug, 2020
Why you can trust SCMP
Advertisement
Since the multibillion dollar
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
was launched in 2013, there has been cynical scrutiny of the project, arguably more so than other
China
-backed overseas investments.
The
United States
has led in the criticism, cautioning that CPEC projects are neither transparent nor cost-efficient, and warning Islamabad that it is subjecting itself to expensive loans under China’s
Belt and Road Initiative
– through which Beijing has pledged more than US$60 billion so far.
But supporters of the project, including the Pakistani government, maintain that Islamabad will not end up being a client state of Beijing’s, and that the CPEC is its best shot at economic development.
Will they have a chance to be proven right?
A graphic showing the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Image: SCMP
Indeed, the CPEC has not progressed as planned, with several large projects shelved and others still uncompleted. The
Covid-19 pandemic
is likely to slow things down further, even though
Pakistan
on Thursday approved the costliest project to date,
a US$6.8 billion upgrade to railway lines
.
READ FULL ARTICLE
This Week in Asia / Politics
Pakistan’s new Kashmir map links it to China, fuelling India’s fears of war with both
Tom Hussain
Published: 6:15pm, 6 Aug, 2020
Why you can trust SCMP
Pakistan
’s move to unveil
a new political map
reasserting its claim to all of Indian-administered
Kashmir
– minus the parts claimed by
China
– is fuelling New Delhi’s fears of
a two-front conflict with its neighbours
, despite a lack of evidence that such a move is in the works.
But the release of the map is the latest in a series of conflicts born from cartography which have broken out in the Himalayas since May – from
a deadly scuffle between Indian and Chinese soldiers in mid-June
to a war of words that began earlier in the summer when New Delhi
opened a road
through territory claimed by
Nepal
.
Pakistan’s new map – unveiled almost exactly a year to the day since India’s unilateral decision
to strip the part of Kashmir it controls of its semi-autonomy
– extends Islamabad’s territorial claim north-eastward up to the Chinese-held Karakoram Pass.
On paper, the map links Pakistan with Chinese-administered territory via the Shaksgam Valley, a part of the Gilgit-Baltistan region ceded to China by Pakistan under their 1963 border settlement. To the east is the Aksai Chin region – the limit of China’s claims in Kashmir which it has controlled since a 1962 war with India.
A map showing the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Kashmir region. Image: SCMP
Between the two lies the Siachen Glacier, an undefined area at the northern extreme of the de facto border between Pakistani- and Indian-administered Kashmir known as the Line of Control – not to be confused with the Line of Actual Control, which separates Indian- and Chinese-controlled territory in the region.
Maria Siow
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor faces new threats from militancy
- Observers are questioning if militant groups are receiving external backing in their bid to launch attacks aimed at disrupting the US$62 billion megaproject
- Pakistan’s long-time rival India is locked in a military stand-off with China at their de facto border, the disputed Line of Actual Control
Maria Siow
Published: 11:00am, 7 Aug, 2020
Why you can trust SCMP
Advertisement
Since the multibillion dollar
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
was launched in 2013, there has been cynical scrutiny of the project, arguably more so than other
China
-backed overseas investments.
The
United States
has led in the criticism, cautioning that CPEC projects are neither transparent nor cost-efficient, and warning Islamabad that it is subjecting itself to expensive loans under China’s
Belt and Road Initiative
– through which Beijing has pledged more than US$60 billion so far.
But supporters of the project, including the Pakistani government, maintain that Islamabad will not end up being a client state of Beijing’s, and that the CPEC is its best shot at economic development.
Will they have a chance to be proven right?
A graphic showing the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Image: SCMP
Indeed, the CPEC has not progressed as planned, with several large projects shelved and others still uncompleted. The
Covid-19 pandemic
is likely to slow things down further, even though
Pakistan
on Thursday approved the costliest project to date,
a US$6.8 billion upgrade to railway lines
.
READ FULL ARTICLE
This Week in Asia / Politics
Pakistan’s new Kashmir map links it to China, fuelling India’s fears of war with both
- On paper, the map links Pakistan with Chinese-administered territory and hints at the possibility of coordinated military operations between the two
- Little evidence exists that such a conflict is in the works, however, and analysts caution the map is driven more by domestic politics
Tom Hussain
Published: 6:15pm, 6 Aug, 2020
Why you can trust SCMP
Pakistan
’s move to unveil
a new political map
reasserting its claim to all of Indian-administered
Kashmir
– minus the parts claimed by
China
– is fuelling New Delhi’s fears of
a two-front conflict with its neighbours
, despite a lack of evidence that such a move is in the works.
But the release of the map is the latest in a series of conflicts born from cartography which have broken out in the Himalayas since May – from
a deadly scuffle between Indian and Chinese soldiers in mid-June
to a war of words that began earlier in the summer when New Delhi
opened a road
through territory claimed by
Nepal
.
Pakistan’s new map – unveiled almost exactly a year to the day since India’s unilateral decision
to strip the part of Kashmir it controls of its semi-autonomy
– extends Islamabad’s territorial claim north-eastward up to the Chinese-held Karakoram Pass.
On paper, the map links Pakistan with Chinese-administered territory via the Shaksgam Valley, a part of the Gilgit-Baltistan region ceded to China by Pakistan under their 1963 border settlement. To the east is the Aksai Chin region – the limit of China’s claims in Kashmir which it has controlled since a 1962 war with India.
A map showing the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Kashmir region. Image: SCMP
Between the two lies the Siachen Glacier, an undefined area at the northern extreme of the de facto border between Pakistani- and Indian-administered Kashmir known as the Line of Control – not to be confused with the Line of Actual Control, which separates Indian- and Chinese-controlled territory in the region.
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