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China's "New Silk Road," as exemplified in the One Belt One Road (OBOR) and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) initiatives, is being sold to the world community as a leveraging of partnerships for a common good. Unfortunately, it increasingly looks like what's really being leveraged are the partners themselves
"CPEC is China's Plan To Make Pakistan A Client State, But The Latter Will Pay For The Privilege," R Jagannathan, Swarajya, 15 May 2017
Leak of a key CPEC document reveals agenda to embed Chinese influence and power in Pakistan while encumbering the nation in debthttps://swarajyamag.com/world/cpec-is-chinas-plan-to-make-pakistan-a-client-state-but-latter-will-pay-for-the-privilege
Moreover: CPEC driving repression in Balochistan, Kashmir: Business Standard, Jammu Scoopnews
"China's OBOR Vision: No Development Masterpiece," Salman Sheikh, Asia Sentinel, 19 May 2017
Debt-driven projects such as China-Laos Railway, Indonesia light rail, are typical OBOR incentiveshttp://www.asiasentinel.com/econ-business/china-one-belt-one-road-vision/
"Malaysia's balancing act between Asean and Beijing," Leslie Lopez, Straits Times, 19 May 2017
Infrastructure projects in Malaysia linked to Maritime Silk Road aimed at bolstering China hegemony in South China Sea, influence over Malacca Strait; 1MDB bailout a prime incentivehttp://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/malaysias-balancing-act-between-asean-and-beijing
Furthermore: Mushrooming public debt in Central Asian countries have already paved the way for the western links of the New Silk Road: rferl.org; Asia Times
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