I'd like to say that the common interpretation that transport infrastructure built under the banner of BRI\CEPC is only to move goods and raw material in and out of China is oversimplified due to lack of comprehension of such a grand strategic initiative. Most of the infrastructure built in the...
You ste right that there are a lot of Chinese direct investment in Vietnam but they are only private investment due to its geographical amd cultural proximity.
The difference between what is going on in Vietnam vs Pakistan is that CPEC is a project that has strong strategic motivation from...
The primary goal of CPEC is never really about transporting China export through Pakistan. It is simply impossible to move that much volume through the mountainous road. The only goal is to develop Pakistani economy as it can become a substantial trading partner China in the next decades or so...
I understand your point about the "software" part but I remain very optimistic about it. For I think, with my limited view of Pakistan, there is a significant portion of the society that wants to bring material change to themselves, their families and society in general. All they need is work or...
The main goal of CPEC is never really about transporting China export through Pakistan. It is simply impossible to move that much volume, we are talking about gigantic volume, through the mountainous road. The only goal is to develop Pakistani economy, as part of grand BRI initiative.
In my...
The train will be a wonderful way to tour in Laos as it goes through mountain and all the beautiful scenery. I will be keen to go to Laos via this train after the pandemic.
CPEC will be a game changer by enabling rapid economical growth and eventually industrialization of Pakistan. The reason that I feel confident about its victory is that most of components underpinning economical development in Pakistan are being put inro place, we just need to be a bit patient...
I wouldn't argue that China is more democratic than the US as it is clearly not by any western democracy definition. It has never pretended to be from the founding of PRC. It achieves its representation of people via its ruling party Chinese Communist Party. The most appealing evidence of such...
It is clearly designed with properly equipped adversery in mind, which would have at least mid range anti air defence system. Its survivability increases significantly with high speed and altitude. Naturally it will have high end avionics to be effective when operating at high altitude meaning...
US made a significant strategic miscalculation here by humiliating the French and EU in general. Only thing they achieved is a nice contract for GE and Huntington-Ingalls industries - the nuclear submarine builders. It will push both France and Germany towards China as they can finally conclude...
Although It is not clear how much the long term strategic gain this new alliance is hoping to achieve, it has certainly achieve its goal of angering France and EU by terminating the submarine contact in such a humiliating manner.
If Australia buying 12 diesel submarine can be seen as less...
If this plan is materialized eventually and still managed to keep its fly away price below $50m, it will be a major competitor to what China can offer in the export market.
The text message in Chinese is from China Mobile. It says there is a Wing Long UAV being dispatched to your area to provide emergency mobile coverage, which will last for 5 hours.
Citizens in Zhengzhou has demonstrated great spirit in such catastrophic events. There are many cases where strangers are helping each other, risking themselves rescuing others from being washed away, offering food and shelters for the stranded etc. it makes me feel proud of them my fellow...
It is really sad to see this incident. Hope Pakistani and Chinese investigators to reveal the true cause, which will enable us to bring justice and revenge to the fallen compatriots.
I do believe Pakistan and Chinese teams will show great resilience and fighting spirit and continue the dam...
China simply has a very different view of the world from the Western world. She can work with any nations by focusing on common interest which is social and economical development. China has no interest or intention to tell others how their government should be run. It is up to other nations to...