The Chinese strategy is plain and simple: 1. Took Aksai Chin way back in the previous century from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and built a road linking the two countries. Now the western China has access to Pakistan. 2) Next has been the Gwadar port development. It is farther out from Karanchi and away from the line of Islamabad - Lahore - Karanchi segment which is very volatile. 3) As the port development builds there is a road to be connecting the port to the Aksai Chin corridor into China. 4) The next in line is an oil pipeline from Gwadar to Chinese hinterland via Aksai chin.
This infrastructure is going to give the Chinese following strategic advantages:
A. Presence in Arabian Sea flanking India. B. Give them access to oil from the Gulf of Hormuz being in proximity. C. They can develop other infrastrucutre in the name of support such as naval dockyard for ship building but allowing presence of Chinese Navy personnel in the vicinity. D. The last develpment can be the passage of the gas from Iran - Pakistan _ India pipeline to Iran - Pakistan - Chine instead and develop an alternate source fro the Iranian gas if India starts somethin down the years. E. With Gwadar the Chinese complete heencirclement of India with their proposed developments in Myanmar..( A pipeline already exists with road infrastructure on the anvil) A port development is bound to follow sooner or later. F. And the last is the the application filed by an Hong Long based Hutchinson
RE:Chinese String of Pearls
by Attatar Yena on Jan 23, 2008 06:26 AM Permalink
What can India do if Pakistanis ' rent out' their assets to chinese. It is not the first time they did this. In past they have rented out parts of Northern Kashmir to chinese. How about renting out the entire country will save a lot of money and earn some rent in return ?
RE:Chinese String of Pearls
by Fazal Curmally on Jan 23, 2008 10:03 AM Permalink
Perhaps what is lacking in the discussion is, the possibility that Pakistan and India don't need to go to war or be enemies. Pakistan has neither rented nor handed over Gwadar to anyone. Gwadar was developed for two reasons. Pakistan needed more ports and secondly, Central Asia needed an access to the sea and Gwadar fitted the bill.
Pakistan is an indepndent country and not rented out to anyone.No one claims India is a Russian stooge because of a predominance of Russian arms in the Indian armed forces arsenal or Russian help in the Missile and space program. Were Pakistan rented out, they would not require a nuclear program. If India has the bomb, then Pakistan has the bomb too. This one fact rules out fighting and concepts of dominating power in the Indian Ocean. With Gwadar, Pakistan has ensured that in case of a conflict its sea lanes will remain open because the Indian navy or any other navy would be spread out too thin to be effective in blockading Pakistan by sea.
Where India should really be looking is the Bay of Bengal because they share it with Myanmar and the Chinese are there physically. Then there is a Maoist insurgency in Nepal where the Maoists will sit in parliament, and Eastern India that borders both China and Myanmar. Can India share the Bay of Bengal with the Chinese and yet assure free access to the Straits of Malaccas to the Americans? That should be the question that needs an answer. Pakistan is not going to fight India because it would mean dest
