Baloch separatists see China as the latest of several “occupiers” of their land and an attempt to alter the demographics of the province. “[China] plans to house 500,000 Chinese people in Gwadar, which means the local Baloch population, which is less than a 100,000, will be outnumbered, marginalized and eventually may well be pushed out of Gwadar,” said United Kingdom-based Baloch separatist Faiz M Baluch, who is the editor of Balochwarna News.