Washington Times: China building military base in Pakistan
China is constructing its second overseas military base in Pakistan as part of a push for greater power projection capabilities along strategic sea routes.
The facility will be built at Jiwani, a port close to the Iranian border on the Gulf of Oman, according to two people familiar with deal.
Plans call for the Jiwani base to be a joint naval and air facility for Chinese forces, located a short distance up the coast from the Chinese-built commercial port facility at Gwadar, Pakistan. Both Gwadar and Jiwani are part of Pakistan’s western Baluchistan province.
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WNU Editor: Pakistan is denying these reports .... Pakistan denies reports of Chinese military base near Gwadar port (The Indian Express). But when I look at what the Chinese are saying .... to them this is a done deal. This is a surprising development .... Pakistan has never permitted the establishment of a major foreign military base on its territory. This deal will also ferment even more Balochistan resentment against the Islamabad government, since the base will be built within its territory. So why is Pakistan doing this .... besides for money. My guess is that the Pakistan government has made the decision that their long term interests will be best served if they aligned themselves both politically and militarily with China.
More News On Reports That China Will Be Building A Major Naval Base In Pakistan
First Djibouti ... now Pakistan port earmarked for a Chinese overseas naval base, sources say -- SCMP
China plan to build military base near Chabahar is a well-timed warning from Pakistan to Trump -- IBTimes
China to Build Second Foreign Naval Base, This Time in Pakistan -- Sputnik
After Djibouti, China to Build Second Foreign Naval Base in Pakistan -- News18
China to build naval base in Gwadar Balochistan -- Balochwarna News
China to build military base near Chabahar? -- Times Of India
Why Is China Building a Military Base in Pakistan, America’s Newest Enemy? -- Newsweek
Update: A good read .... Why China is ready to become the new influencer in Pakistan (Rosie Perper Business Insider/Task & Purpose)
4 comments:
Oh I'm sure for enough $$$$ the Pakistanis are happy to do whatever China wants.
China plays a strategic game of making the world believe it is the inevitable new world leader and struggles in buying influence faster than it loses it - especially in the south China Sea. So China is copying the US "buying of influence scheme" that ran rampant in the US for decades.
Meanwhile, the US under Trump thinks that strategy of buying influence doesn't work with some - ie middle eastern and Muslim states mostly, but some others as well.
So what do we learn?
If we agree that trump (how idiotic he may be sometimes) is right and smart on this issue, then what does that tell us about the Chinese again - after all those failings in 2017 with south China Sea and north Korea?
That the Chinese still have to learn a lot from the much younger USA.
That must hurt, being such an old country like China. And still having to learn from the US lol
But then again, if you think spending money on Pakistan is smart, instead of investing it at home and growing your economy faster or preventing default by debt, then you also think Chinese are smart lol
When is a country young or old?
Are peoples young or old?
The U.S. is a new country, but the people are not 'new', They could be depending on how you define the term. The people of the U.S. have antecedents that stretch back through Europe to the Russian steppes and the Middle East. So are the American people new?
The Chinese have had a continual change of borders. They have also had a continual influx of non-Chinese people. If I remember correctly the surname Mang in not Han but Mongol. You can find Mangs in Chengdu and that is not near the steppe.
After the 1st Chinese dynasty there were many small kingdoms rules by steppe dynasties during the Warring Period.
So how do you account for old or new culturally, when there are so many threads / so many antecedents?
Pakistan is playing hardball.
Pakistan could be divided into Baluchistan, Pashtun land and the rest.
It can be made a rump state.
The Pashtuns might go for it if they got Pashtunland part of Afghanistan.
So lets play hardball.
China's policy of expansion overland depends primarily on two things:
1)Russia stays at least neutral/friendly
2) The central republics of the old USSR (Uzbekstan, Turkmenistan, etc)
stay the same, whether independent of Russia or because of
Russian polioy.
Maritime will remain:
1) US Navy/US policy
2) Policies of South Korea and Japan followed by the lesser nations in
the area.
3) Australia. Mostly see one, but it is of note that China has recently
increased pressure on Australia.
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