CORPORATE WINDOW: BEIJING’S STRATEGIC GWADAR GAMBLE

Gwadar could have played a critical economic role for Pakistan through its association with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which the Chinese President Xi Jinping had announced during his state visit to Pakistan in 2015. The multibillion-dollar project aimed to build transportation and other infrastructure connecting the Gwadar port to Kashgar in the Xinjiang region of China. CPEC gave a great boost to bilateral relations, particularly after a Chinese state-run company won the right

Source: Dawn