1. China has been in news for a long time for it's BRI initiative [Belt and Road initiative].
2. The Chinese idea is to create a sort of belt of roads, all around it's borders, connecting it to a network of highways in Pakistan, Nepal, BD, Burma and even India. The said purpose of BRI is to facilitate China to reach neighbouring economies, and better control, South Asian and Middle east markets.
3. Purpose of CPEC is certainly to create a much shorter route for Arab oil to reach China, as compared to the present sea route, but the hidden aim of overall comprehensive BRI is, to use it's leveraging power as an area dominance tool, and a quick and fast military movement and deployment facilitator.
4. The famous CPEC, [China Pakistan Economic Corridor], running across Pakistan, connecting Gwadar Port in Baluchistan to Xinjiang in China is an example a BRI component. 'Friendship Road' running from Lhasa to Kathmandu is another. There are many other proposals, like the Trans-Himalayan Highway running east to west in Nepal.
5. All this is of strategic concern to India, but what is of immediate strategic concern to India is, construction of a highway running across Gojal Valley in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, which is being seen by many strategists as, China's effort at tunneling into India’s idea of Kashmir, thus giving a fate accompli sanction to Pak occupation of POK.
6. In such pressing circumstances, India was not left with many choices to make it's stand clear, that on matters regarding it's status quo territorial integrity, India can no longer afford to play hide and seek with Pakistan, and no third party intervention will be permitted. All this is just a part of Great Indo-Chinese game, and we should wait, as more cards are shown.
@ ✒Guru Balwant Gurunay.⚔
2. The Chinese idea is to create a sort of belt of roads, all around it's borders, connecting it to a network of highways in Pakistan, Nepal, BD, Burma and even India. The said purpose of BRI is to facilitate China to reach neighbouring economies, and better control, South Asian and Middle east markets.
3. Purpose of CPEC is certainly to create a much shorter route for Arab oil to reach China, as compared to the present sea route, but the hidden aim of overall comprehensive BRI is, to use it's leveraging power as an area dominance tool, and a quick and fast military movement and deployment facilitator.
4. The famous CPEC, [China Pakistan Economic Corridor], running across Pakistan, connecting Gwadar Port in Baluchistan to Xinjiang in China is an example a BRI component. 'Friendship Road' running from Lhasa to Kathmandu is another. There are many other proposals, like the Trans-Himalayan Highway running east to west in Nepal.
5. All this is of strategic concern to India, but what is of immediate strategic concern to India is, construction of a highway running across Gojal Valley in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, which is being seen by many strategists as, China's effort at tunneling into India’s idea of Kashmir, thus giving a fate accompli sanction to Pak occupation of POK.
6. In such pressing circumstances, India was not left with many choices to make it's stand clear, that on matters regarding it's status quo territorial integrity, India can no longer afford to play hide and seek with Pakistan, and no third party intervention will be permitted. All this is just a part of Great Indo-Chinese game, and we should wait, as more cards are shown.
@ ✒Guru Balwant Gurunay.⚔
