Open AccessPAKISTAN’S MAGNITUDE FOR CHINA: A NARRATIVE OF GEO-STRATEGIC BARGAIN
Author(s) -
Muhammad Abbas Hassan,
Muhammad Rizwan,
Pasand Ali Khoso
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asia pacific
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1810-035X
DOI - 10.47781/asia-pacific.vol38.iss0.1825
Subject(s) - china , position (finance) , geography , port (circuit theory) , politics , economic base analysis , development economics , economy , economic geography , political science , international trade , business , economics , engineering , archaeology , finance , law , electrical engineering , microeconomics
This paper attempts to analyse the geo-strategic magnitude of Pakistan for China. Including other factors, the geographical position of Pakistan plays an important role in the formulation of their mutual ties. Sino-Indian conflict further enhanced Pak-China relationship mainly reflecting their reciprocal interests. In addition to geo-political ties, economic benefits attracted Chinese attention to maintain a friendly relationship with Pakistan by signing bilateral trade agreement during early 1960s. Similarly, Pakistan provided a naval base to China, which decreased the influence of USA and India in the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and Central Asian States. However, due to the world third deepest seaport (Gwadar Port), Pakistan became more valuable to China. Moreover, launching of China- Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in 2014 has greatly enhanced the geographical importance of Pakistan for the whole region including China. The scope of present study provides a realization to the fact that significance of Pakistan for Chinese interest is beyond the common thinking. This article tries to pin point the current scenario with increasing significance of Pakistan for China.