China-Pakistan economic corridor : five years on

• Main Author: Schleich, Anne-Marie
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Country and Region Studies; International Political Economy
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144878
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The CPEC provides China a strategic access to the Arabian Sea and lucrative projects for its companies. Pakistan needs Chinese technology to upgrade its infrastructure, especially the energy sector, but the CPEC has also increased Pakistan’s fiscal instability as well as Opposition demands for trans...