Check: Detail plan of CPEC explaining China’s intentions and priorities in Pakistan revealed

A detailed master plan for the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) stretching out till 2030 has been revealed by Pakistan daily Dawn. The plan reportedly details China’s intentions and priorities in Pakistan for the next decade and a half. According to the daily, the Pakistan Government has two versions of the long term plan. It is 231-pages long and has been drawn up by the China Development Bank (CDB) and the National Development Reform Commission (NDRC).

Following are some of the highlights of the plan:

– Thousands of acres of agricultural land will be leased out to Chinese enterprises to set up ‘demonstration projects” in areas ranging from seed varieties to irrigation technology.
– A full system of monitoring and surveillance will be built in cities from Peshawar to Karachi, with 24 hour video recordings on roads and busy marketplaces for law and order.
– A national fibre-optic backbone will be built for the country not only for internet traffic, but also for terrestrial distribution of broadcast TV, which will cooperate with Chinese media in the “dissimenation of Chinese culture.”
– At the outset, the CPEC will connect the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) and Pakistan.
– The main aim is to connect South Xinjiang with …read more