Punjab

Pakistan, China urged to keep eye on regional conflicts

Speakers say geopolitical pursuits likely to hit CPEC project in case of negligence

Our Correspondent May 30, 2022

ISLAMABAD:

Speakers at a webinar urged the governments and other stakeholders to come up with a Pak-China plus movement to combat the challenges emerging from the regional conflicts.

They said that the geopolitical pursuits are likely to hit China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) if cohesive and corrective measures are not taken. They said that the intensifying cold war strategies and increasing interest of the US, UK and NATO countries in the extended region may hamper the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and CPEC, a very aggressive rail and road connectivity and trade regime of President Xi Jinping.

They said that an outline of the changing global scenario is fast emerging after the abrupt withdrawal of the US troops from Afghanistan. They said that the ever-increasing US and NATO deep engagement in the Russia-Ukraine war has set a red alert for the future economic growth and connectivity, further adding to the miseries of the extended region. They said that a seismic shift to the Indo-Pacific region at large in the evolving world order could not be ruled out.

Development Communications Network (Devcom-Pakistan), DTN and Friends of China organised the webinar on the subject “Where CPEC stands in the emerging global scenario?” on Saturday. Centre for China and Globalisation (Beijing) Vice President Prof Victor Gao said highly coordinated efforts are being made by the so-called superpower to put the region on fire. The Russia-Ukraine way is likely to hit the region badly. The lives and livelihoods of billions of people in the region are at stake. All the stakeholders and countries need to have a consolidated approach toward solutions. China will not compromise on any threat to any part of land, economic and strategic interests.

He urged both the governments to launch the Pak-China plus movement for the CPEC 2.0 along with the joint information technology solutions and software development engaging the youth of Pakistan.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 30^th, 2022.

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test | 2 years ago | Reply I think Xi Jinping made a mistake and that is Gdp per capita of China is somewhere between 10k-15k usd which is below the average standard of developed economy which is somewhere minimum 30k usd. First China would have achieved that. Also the major deficits it faces are in the field of critical technology which is still dominated by west such as semiconductors passenger aircrafts and advanced medical technology. These are dominated by west. First China must have overcomed those challenges and then it would be good to challenge the global world order which is still dominated by western rules based democracy. Launching BRI after overcoming the above critical technological challenges would have been great. But i guess China made a very big mistake and that is launching BRI before becoming technological superior then your western rivals. China dominates low medium and to some extent even high tech manufacturing but critical technologies are the one which will decide the fate of China s future ambitions to rival western order. There is no place for miscalculations in this world politics. I repeat no place for miscalculations or wrong experiments i mean the experiments that doesn t pay well. And the result is that nation will suffer. So no place for wrong or miscalculated experiments in today s world.

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