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CPEC projects risk widening social divides, heightening political tensions
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 06 (ANI): The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project in Balochistan is producing a heavily militarised zone, displacing locals and depriving them of economic lifelines, while in Sindh's Tharparkar district, coal-based CPEC power projects are damaging the
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China must reduce Myanmarese bias to its projects
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], June 28 (ANI): The public in Myanmar has a strong general bias against foreign investment in the natural resource sector, a new research has warned, and added that China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) could face stiff public
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Pak going Sri Lankan way: Will it become a victim to Chinese debt trap?
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 28 (ANI): People these days wonder if Pakistan has started going the way of Sri Lanka with its growing engagement with China and in regard to taking loans and working in close cooperation with the latter.
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Baloch hold anti-China protest in London over CPEC
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], June 27 (ANI): The Free Balochistan Movement activists held a protest in front of Chinese Embassy here against its expansionist politics in Balochistan province of Pakistan.
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Chinese envoy bats for expanding bilateral trade with India
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui said that China is ready to negotiate a bilateral trade arrangement with India to expand trade relations.
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Pak must curb its CPEC-linked expectations-Expert
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia), June 14 (ANI): Pakistan's expectations from the ambitiously conceived USD 62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) can at best be categorized as over inflated and unlikely to be met in the long term, an expert on South Asian and Indian Ocean strategic affairs ha
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Gilgit-Baltistan order to appease China: EFSAS
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Amsterdam [The Netherlands], June 4 (ANI): Pakistan's new Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018 is illegal and is aimed at appeasing China to ensure the success of the over USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a European think tank has said.
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Abbasi inaugurates 1st section of CPEC's superhighway
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Multan [Pakistan], May 27 (ANI): Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has inaugurated the first section of the 392-km Multan-Sukkur Motorway, which is the largest transportation infrastructure project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) On Saturday.
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China praises Pak over CPEC
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], May 18 (ANI): China on Friday heaped praises on Pakistan for "safeguarding" ongoing multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, which forms a part of Beijing's ambitious transnational Belt Road Initiative (BRI).
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Lawyer to SC: Stop Chinese from buying land in Pak
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court of Pakistan has been petitioned by a senior lawyer to stop the Chinese from acquiring proprietary rights of land in the country on the plea that they require it for the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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Key CPEC route blocked as local traders protest
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], May 7 (ANI): Trade with China through the Khunjerab Pass, a key part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), has been halted for more than a month over objections to the existing clearance system.
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China urges Pak to keep tensions with India 'minimum'
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr 25 (ANI): China has asked Pakistan to engage with India to keep tensions between the two countries to a minimum in order to maintain a conducive environment for timely completion of various projects under the ongoing multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corr
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