Non. However one China is same as the coloured regions below. And you know with China it's not just numbers of
mouths but they have
explosive economy that is about to overtake USA in size.
- The population of China is equivalent to the population of North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, and all of Western Europe -- combined.
- The population of China is equivalent to the combined population of the former Soviet Union, plus Pakistan, Afghanistan, Finland, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, and Hungary. Oh, and all of Southeast Asia, Japan, and both Koreas.
- The population of China is equivalent to the population of Africa, the Balkans, and the Middle East put together.
- The population of China is equivalent to that of the world's second most populous country, India, plus that of Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh.
Fully agreed. China alone is enough to make CPEC a success.
But I would like to highlight couple of points
1) INSTC and CPEC have different objectives.
2) INSTC would enable India to reach Central Asia, EU & Russia while enabling Russia to reach Indian Ocean
3) CPEC allows China to reach India Ocean and Africa
4) With China heavily involved with Gwadar, it discourages India and South East Asian countries in using Gwadar and these countries would prefer Chabahar port which would be part of INSTC
5) China has contingency & alternate routes to reach Indian Ocean through Myanmar, Thailand apart from CPEC to bypass Strait of Malacca. Myanmar route is the most optimum for China as it is closer to the population centers in East China.
6) What would be the viability of CPEC from Pakistan's perspective if China chooses to use the alternate route through Myanmar?
Pakistan policy makers made couple of major errors
1) Making CPEC China centric, heavily China Influenced and China Controlled . They should have made it as PEC only instead of CPEC by involving all major powers like Russia, US, India, China, Iran and Saudi Arabia
2) Shunning India - which could have been a great contingency if Chinese transit failed
Pakistan could have been a great intersection for both INSTC & CPEC