No Chinese refinery at Gwadar?

[Saleem]

Seems that the econ is beginning to feel the effects of the turmoil...

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[EagleEyes]

The investments will be low obviously because the money is less. However, the security risk cannot be ignored. Baloch issues need to be solved or be over with. This will ensure satisfaction in potential business in the region for the future.

 

[blueoval79]

So too the much-hyped dream of Gwadar becoming the preferred gateway for the external trade of the Central Asian Republics (CARS) and the Xinjiang province of China. More than two years after it was inaugurated by the then President Pervez Musharraf, the Chinese-constructed Gwadar port has failed to attract the CARs. The Chinese have their own problems in the Xinjiang province where the Muslims are in a state of revolt against Han domination in an area which is looked upon by pan-Islamic forces such as Al Qaeda as historically belonging to the Muslim Umma. At a time when the Kashgar area of Xinjiang is threatening to become the North Waziristan of the Central Asian region, it is not surprising that the Chinese are going slow on the various proposals, which had originated from Pakistan, for the further development of Gwadar.