Is China's Belt and Road feasable?

[khansaheeb]

 

[khansaheeb]

I have identified the 9 key nodes in the BRI map. As can be seen Pakistan is a key node linking southern Africa, West Africa and Asia Minor to CPEC potentially allowing Pakistan to benefit by trillions of dollars of trade. This new world trade order is not and does not need to be China Centric but a world partnership offering a new dimension to world trade and the new world trade order. If someone could come up with a world trade data flow diagram showing the direction and volume of potential trade flowing along the belt then that would be great . I have added the thick black lines showing new prospective trade route paths in the BRI trade. The key questions are: is China able to defend some of these nodes as the new world order is restructured and if not then are those countries with the local nodes able to defend those nodes and how vulnerable are those to outside interference?

 

[Manidabest]

it is feasible in long run .... and more regional cooperation is needed to make this project a successful project

 

[niaz]

I know that the whole nation is pinning high hopes on CPEC and calling it a 'game-changer'. I hate to throw a ‘spanner into the works’ so to speak. But all of us must realize that there are no “FREE” lunches in this world.

Ground reality is that instead of ‘Colonialism’ of the past, the world has moved on to ‘Neo-colonialism’. At first, it was in the form of economic & military aid from the US, in this case it is purely economic in kind. Final results may not be as good as we expect, however, I hope that at least it would provide extra job opportunities to young Pakistanis through employment on the new power plants and transport network expansion/improvement projects.

 

[Samlee]

I know that the whole nation is pinning high hopes on CPEC and calling it a 'game-changer'. I hate to throw a ‘spanner into the works’ so to speak. But all of us must realize that there are no “FREE” lunches in this world.

Ground reality is that instead of ‘Colonialism’ of the past, the world has moved on to ‘Neo-colonialism’. At first, it was in the form of economic & military aid from the US, in this case it is purely economic in kind. Final results may not be as good as we expect, however, I hope that at least it would provide extra job opportunities to young Pakistanis through employment on the new power plants and transport network expansion/improvement projects.

Sir We Never Expected A Free Lunch

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

The Chinese invented the gun powder. Three powerful Muslim Empires - Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal - were born by successfully using it ....

 

[Rusty]

OBOR is purely meant for Chinese domestic politics.
Meaning that the second the political winds change, we will be left high and dry.

That is not to say we should back out.
We should stay in, but be smart about it.
Limit Chinese personnel and force them to hire locals.
Force their companies to give up their IP to local companies
and make it difficult for them to send money back to China
(China does all these things in their country and look how developed they became)

 

[fallstuff]

OBOR is purely meant for Chinese domestic politics.
Meaning that the second the political winds change, we will be left high and dry.

That is not to say we should back out.
We should stay in, but be smart about it.
Limit Chinese personnel and force them to hire locals.
Force their companies to give up their IP to local companies
and make it difficult for them to send money back to China
(China does all these things in their country and look how developed they became)

Here's a little of problem and the problem is the Golden rule. Golden rule says he who has the gold makes the rules. From the Chinese POV it is seen as a long-term investment and I believe the same is true from the Pakistani side. I sincerely hope that it works out great for Pakistan.

 

[nahtanbob]

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Without Russia and Iran the whole idea is dead