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Chinese investment in Pakistan
![No, China Is Not Planning to Spend $58 Billion on a Railway Connection to Pakistan No, China Is Not Planning to Spend $58 Billion on a Railway Connection to Pakistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-05-03-200415.jpg)
No, China Is Not Planning to Spend $58 Billion on a Railway Connection to Pakistan
By Adnan Aamir
On further investigation, the wave of stories about a new breakthrough in the China-Pakistan Railway are based on hot air.
![Chinese National Accused of Blasphemy Is Another Test for China-Pakistan Ties Chinese National Accused of Blasphemy Is Another Test for China-Pakistan Ties](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-china-pakistan.jpg)
Chinese National Accused of Blasphemy Is Another Test for China-Pakistan Ties
By Azhar Zeeshan
The incident could reinforce existing concerns about Chinese workers' safety in Pakistan, and a pull-out by China could be disastrous for Pakistan's economy.
![Can CPEC Move Beyond Infrastructure? Can CPEC Move Beyond Infrastructure?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-china-pakistan.jpg)
Can CPEC Move Beyond Infrastructure?
By Muhammad Tayyab Safdar and Max C. Barte
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has largely failed to provide the manufacturing investment Pakistan so desperately needs.
![Chaos in Afghanistan Threatens CPEC Chaos in Afghanistan Threatens CPEC](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-07-19-6.jpg)
Chaos in Afghanistan Threatens CPEC
By Muhammad Akbar Notezai
The latest attack in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province confirms what analysts already feared: Taliban advances in Afghanistan are emboldening terrorists seeking to target Chinese interests in Pakistan.
![What Happened to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor? What Happened to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-02-16-4.jpg)
What Happened to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor?
By Muhammad Akbar Notezai
Six months after a supposed revival, the project has been in headlines for all the wrong reasons.
![Pakistan’s ‘Occupied Balochistan’ Pakistan’s ‘Occupied Balochistan’](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-06-22-3.jpg)
Pakistan’s ‘Occupied Balochistan’
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
Drawing parallels with Bosnia, Palestine, and Kashmir, the Balochistan National Party chief accused the state of colonizing the region.
![Can China Solve Pakistan’s Energy Crisis? Can China Solve Pakistan’s Energy Crisis?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-06_16-31-50.jpg)
Can China Solve Pakistan’s Energy Crisis?
By Sheraz Aziz
CPEC has great promise, but Pakistan must be clear-eyed about the environmental and political costs.
![Can Pakistan Protect CPEC? Can Pakistan Protect CPEC?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_16318589828451.jpg)
Can Pakistan Protect CPEC?
By Muhammad Akbar Notezai
An attack on a luxury hotel in the heart of Gwadar proves that Pakistan's military-centric approach is failing.
![Is the Crown Jewel of the Belt and Road Losing Its Shine? Is the Crown Jewel of the Belt and Road Losing Its Shine?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-800px-gwadar_port_2018.jpg)
Is the Crown Jewel of the Belt and Road Losing Its Shine?
By Shannon Tiezzi
A new report suggests that Pakistan’s new government is rethinking CPEC. What does that mean for the whole BRI?
![Gwadar: Emerging Port City or Chinese Colony? Gwadar: Emerging Port City or Chinese Colony?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-07_12-25-24.jpg)
Gwadar: Emerging Port City or Chinese Colony?
By Logan Pauley and Hamza Shad
Pakistan must take care that Gwadar doesn't become a Chinese “state within a state.”
![What’s Happening at Pakistan’s Gwadar Port? What’s Happening at Pakistan’s Gwadar Port?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-31599754105_70a5935157_k.jpg)
What’s Happening at Pakistan’s Gwadar Port?
By Zofeen T Ebrahim
Despite big promises, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is yet to deliver local benefits.
![Can Pakistan Afford CPEC? Can Pakistan Afford CPEC?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-12-07_12-25-24.jpg)
Can Pakistan Afford CPEC?
By K.S. Venkatachalam
There are concerns that the secretive agreement will lead to unsustainable debt for Pakistan while China reaps the benefits.
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