NOWY JEDWABNY SZLAK – GEOPOLITYCZNE ZNACZENIE WSPÓŁPRACY PEKINU Z ISLAMABADEM
SILK ROAD ECONOMIC BELT – GEOPOLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CHINESEPAKISTANI COOPERATION

Summary/Abstract: China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a name indicating a wide range of Chinese $46 billion worth investment in infrastructure that will be implemented in the near future in Pakistan. These include power plants, roads, railways, and above all the construction of a strategic seaport in Gwadar. In this way, China will gain control over an important transit route, connecting Central Asia to the coast of the Indian Ocean. This will serve them for the opening of Uighur-Xinjiang to the world. This would make possible the effective use of Kashgar Special Economic Zone for the production of cheaper goods. It also seriously shorten the route which the goods are exported to Europe and the raw materials imported mainly from Africa. For Pakistan CPEC means access to a relatively modern technology which could allow this state to reduce the technological gap and distance to India - the main arch-rival of Pakistan. CPEC is also accompanied by investments such as the construction of a gas pipeline from Iran to Pakistan (and perhaps in the future to China) and joint ventures in the armaments industry (new models of tanks, aircraft and ships).

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