“The deep-water Gwader port​ lies at the convergence of the three of the most commercially important regions of the world i.e. the oil rich Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia. Beijing is developing Gwader as part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor known as CPEC. The two countries launched the fifteen years project in 2015 to jointly build highways, railways, power plants, communications and industrial zones in Pakistan. With the Chinese investment initially estimated at 46 billion dollars. The aim is to link Gwader with landlocked Western China…

This Report originally appeared on ​the ​Voice of America October 24, 2017. Original link.