China's overland Silk Road and Maritime Silk Road Thread

taxiya

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As a foreigner investor, whether to involve India in Gwadar development guess PRC has to respect the willing of local government. Should India be truly interested in the project, he should express his intention to Pakistan directly. Besides, India already has good sea ports in its west coast; there should be no reason to get involved in the Gwadar development. That's my two-cents.
Indeed. It is up to Pakistan and India to agree. China get the project rolling because Pakistan agrees to go ahead. China can not nor should "squeeze" in anybody else (India included) without Pakistan feeling comfortable.

If China want to woo India, China can offer some other cooperation separately, which I think China did, but generally rejected by India. Their choice, too bad, but China will have to move full speed with CPEC regardless.
 

taxiya

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@timepass,

Is the purpose of the 'automobile city' to import from China for local sale?

Currently, what is Pakistan's main export to China and what do you foresee could be exported to China via the new corridor?
I know you asked timepass, but I can offer another guessed possibility, Chinese car factories locally assembling and producing cars to export either back to China or more likely to western Asia and Africa.
I have seen Chinese built cars in Egypt many years ago. Now with the rise of Chinese salary, it would be wise for the manufacturers to move some productions to Pakistan or OBOR countries.
 

Blackstone

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As a foreigner investor, whether to involve India in Gwadar development guess PRC has to respect the willing of local government. Should India be truly interested in the project, he should express his intention to Pakistan directly. Besides, India already has good sea ports in its west coast; there should be no reason to get involved in the Gwadar development. That's my two-cents.
Of course PRC and Pakistani leaders must take local governments and residence in account, that goes without saying. But, I stress India is a reemerging great power, and the 800-pound gorilla in South Asia. So, both China and Pakistan should keep that important player's interests in mind, and craft economic policies to suit.

India has ports in the area to be sure, but the issue isn't if India has ports, but giving it a stake in Gwadar's success, so it wouldn't simply look at it as a threat. Involving the Russians is a great move.
 

broadsword

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I know you asked timepass, but I can offer another guessed possibility, Chinese car factories locally assembling and producing cars to export either back to China or more likely to western Asia and Africa.
I have seen Chinese built cars in Egypt many years ago. Now with the rise of Chinese salary, it would be wise for the manufacturers to move some productions to Pakistan or OBOR countries.

But I wonder why the 'automobile city' would upset the local auto industry as in post #321.
 

taxiya

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But I wonder why the 'automobile city' would upset the local auto industry as in post #321.
Firstly, I don't know anything about Pakistan's local auto industry, so I have no idea who may be upset.

Secondly, from what I gather from defence.pk, members from there mentioned quite many public figures in Pakistan advocating against CPEC including some politicians and academics, just similar to figures in Myanmar about Chinese projects. So anybody can be motivated by any reason that we know to voice upset, so to hinder the project. I won't be surprised if someone there people "speak" on behalf of the Baluchi people not fairly employed, or environmental activists, or worker's unions, whatever.

So I pay attention to the reported facts of that post, but not to un-sourced analysis that was referred. I will only do so when I see an article about it.
 

taxiya

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it shouldnt have been allowed
That is not up to the safety standard in the west, but it was and probably still common practice in China and Pakistan and many other non-western countries. A risk that "poor" people willing to take to catch up (speed up) the rich west.
 
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