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i hope our indian naval planners and thinking of expanding ourChina's own submarines could use the station to extend their range in the Indian Ocean.
submarine programe with the Vietnamese and build towards a permanent
presence for IN at a location in the north of VN.
absolutely !Gwadar is a strategic asset for China. Once CPEC (China Pakistan Economic Corridor) project completes, China's will get a secure energy and trade route. Our leaders never tried to recapture Gilgit Baltistan and the outcome is beforehand.
quite realistic - prc are acquiring power companies worldwide , so the pattern is already established !But 80% of the funds flowing into Pakistan are meant for building power stations, which will be owned and operated by Chinese companies, sources said.
@Rashna - thanks for seeking out the article - it's a great read - i dont agree with all of it even though it's basic
point , that the prcfolks are in pak not so much for pak but for themselves.
you've summed it up in one very short sentence - congrats !China is Pakistan's new East India company. .
My take on this - what is there to ( as the title says ) " hammer out " ?
with 46 billion you can buy all of ISI and the important punjabis who control the nation
youve bought the country !
unlike the points made by cyril almeida in the article quoted by member Rashna,
i dont quite agree with cyril ( if ive interpreted him correctly ) that the whole thing will be a flop .
the military strategic value is there and at the very least the prcfolks will go ahead even if only for that ,
they do have the money i.e. at least 10 billion to throw , obviously they wont bring on the 46 b in one go
most likely they will throw 10 b in Nawasz's and the v vip punjabis's faces and see how it goes
in return - they will insist on putting their troops and staff in gwadar and along the route
if it works economically , they will pump more in -otherwise they will hang on to their port rights
i.e. to use it as a submarine and naval base .
meanwhile the nawaz's and v vip punjabis will get richer and the poor packlanders
will be left wondering where the money went !
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