søndag 23. juli 2017

The growing resentment and resistance among poor Pakistanis can cost China dearly

In Pakistan, there’s no topic hotter than the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a multi-billion dollar bilateral development projectthat will officials promised in 2015, “usher in an era of unprecedented progress and prosperity.” The CPEC is not only Pakistan’s first big injection of foreign direct investment in a while, its focus on energy development is also desperately needed in a country that has suffered worsening energy shortages for two decades.