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China in limbo over importing Middle East oil overland through Pakistan
Ongoing violence in Balochistan and Xi Jinping’s shifting Belt and Road priorities may end Pakistan and China’s pipeline dreams.
Violence in Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan might sabotage China’s plans to move Middle Eastern oil to Xinjiang
Baloch nationalists and the Taliban are among the militants making China’s Belt and Road rocky.
This week on TikTok: Chinese engineers attacked in Pakistan, Italy leaving the BRI, and youth unemployment in China
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BLA militants attack convoy of Chinese engineers in Pakistan
A convoy of Chinese engineers working on the Beijing-funded Gwadar Port were ambushed with bombs and gunfire in Pakistan. Militants from local separatist group Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) have since claimed responsibility for the attack.
Political turmoil, separatist violence threaten China’s investments in Pakistan
China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng is in Pakistan talking up cooperation. But Pakistan’s fragile government in Islamabad also has to deal with local resentments at Beijing’s massive infrastructure projects, and its own complicated relationship with Washington.
China’s next overseas military base likely a Sri Lankan port, report says
The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s first overseas military base was built in Djibouti, an East African port already teeming with Chinese commercial interests. Researchers think Beijing could use the same playbook again.
Pakistan arrest of anti-China rebel may not protect Belt and Road billions
Gulzar Imam is only one of many armed separatist leaders unhappy at China’s extraction of Balochistan’s natural resources.
Terrorism, trade and trawlers — Q&A with Li Bijian, former China consul general to Karachi
An interview with China’s former representative in Pakistan’s biggest city.
Pakistan releases Chinese man arrested for blasphemy
A Chinese national is out on bail in Pakistan after he was arrested for allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad. His rare release comes amid a growing number of blasphemy cases in the country — some of which are settled outside the court through mob lynchings.
Editor’s note for May 3, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.
Is China going to eat Pakistan’s fish?
There have been multiple reports of Chinese trawlers off the coast of Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The Chinese consul-general in Karachi says they have not engaged in illegal fishing, but locals fear for the future of their fish stocks.
The man behind the protests at Pakistan’s Belt and Road hub at the port of Gwadar
Resentment at the Chinese-funded port development at Gwadar in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province has been building for several years and one man is leading an ongoing protest movement.
Inside China’s lead and zinc mine in Balochistan, Pakistan
A Chinese state-owned company has controlled a lead and zinc mine in Duddar in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province since 2014. The mine gives steady work to some locals, paying around $100 a month, which is good for the impoverished area. Other residents just feel exploited.
A Chinese-run gold mine in Balochistan is making millions, but the locals aren’t getting any of it
Local discontent in Balochistan, Pakistan, is rising as the people who live around a gold and copper mine at Saindak feel excluded from the riches coming out of the ground.
Editor’s note for January 4, 2023
A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn
Protest at Chinese-funded projects in Pakistan
The port of Gwadar is once again the scene of protests against Chinese-funded infrastructure. Locals say they are not seeing any benefits and have to endure too many security checkpoints to get around their own town.
For locals, a China-funded port in Pakistan brings fears of being erased
The Gwadar seaport was supposed to develop the local economy, connect Pakistan to the world, and give China access to the Indian Ocean. So why aren’t locals happy with it?
China and Pakistan fast-track economic ties with more railways, ports, and yuan
The leaders of “iron brothers” met in Beijing and assured each of other of their mutual support, financial and moral.
Why did an educated mother of two kids commit a suicide attack to kill Chinese citizens in Pakistan?
The Pakistani province of Balochistan is poor and underdeveloped. Have local frustrations with the national government in Islamabad and its “iron brother” in Beijing reached a tipping point?
Failed suicide bombing in Pakistan sends more chills down Beijing’s spine
A foiled suicide bombing against Chinese nationals in Pakistan is yet another attack that rattled Beijing, but will probably also strengthen its resolve.
