In past same stuff were peddled about America to us.
Who wrote this shit
China is our biggest trade partner and our economic futures are getting more and more tangled
You have to keep in mind that the fruits of CPEC are contingent upon the abilities of the Pakistani common Joe. And we all know the mean capabilities of our citizens.
Moreover our leaders might not have completely disclosed what promises and agreements they made with Chinese(never a surprise with Pakistani leaders). Because the Chinese people that have come so far to Pakistan, seem to have a we are superior and an exploitative attitude. Case in point are the marriage/trafficking rackets and the factories who won't let workers pray etc. Which could just be culture shock. But that's doubtful since China itself has a good 20 million muslims.
Compare a high school graduate in USA/UK even Eastern Europe with a high school graduate in Pakistan and you will get your answer. Pakistan has a vast labor pool i.e the muscle. But it is seriously lacking in brains.
And the people that did have usefull qualities have left the country for greener pastures.
So the seemingly huge economic gains from CPEC start sounding more like a dud. When you take these aspects into account. Because of a lack of initiative, entrepreneurship, overly optimistic expectations from Chinese, lack of administrative sense.
Like so many other things in Pakistan. CPEC is starting to look more like a very good prohect that really was a game changer. But thanks to greedy politicians, bureaucrats, babus and big business/mafia(in Pakistan they are synonyms) who might have done same shady deals that would've made them tonnes of money but left poor Pakistani to pay.
How can we expect any benefit from deals negotiated in CPEC when we know small lowly bureaucrats, leaders, even colonels, majors, generals etc have sold national dignity for a new car, some hot russian escort or a blue/red passport etc etc.
We in the past treated US like the messiah. Now we are treating China like one.
Name of one of many of our diseases is
KHUSHFEHMI
And this is not US propoganda(ofcourse they want CPEC to fall through). No matter how much we want to tell ourselves that.
But a reality check. Which should be taken in constructive sense so we can mitigate our weaknesses and be really able to reap the benefits of CPEC.