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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Pakistan's Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claims credit for killing CPEC workers
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Gwadar Port
The separatist terror group Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed
credit for killing on October 31 five men working for a construction
company building 70 housing developments. The housing will be
populated by thousands of Chinese workers who will be working on the
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The housing developments are
on the road connecting Gwardar port to the town of Jiwani.
According to Azad Baloch, a BLA spokesman:
<QUOTE>"The site attacked today was part of the CPEC
project. ...
Today's attack is a clear message to China and all other countries
that Balochistan is an occupied territory. We warn China to halt
working on all the projects including a planned naval base in
Jiwani, Balochistan. The BLA will continue to resist against the
occupation of Baloch Ocean and coastal belt. ...
China and Pakistan are settling Punjabis and Chinese in Gwadar and
other areas of Balochistan's coastal belt to turn the Baloch into
a minority under their expansionist designs.
If the international community fails to fulfil their
responsibilities and turn a blind eye to the Pakistani and Chinese
colonization of Balochistan, then the Baloch nation will have no
other option but to target all non-Baloch settlers in
Balochistan."<END QUOTE>
This was only the latest in a series of BLA attacks on CPEC targets in
Balochistan. On October 26, the BLA conducted a joint operation with
another separatist group, the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF), and
killed two Pakistani paramilitary soldiers in a coordinated attack on
a senior officer's convoy. In September, there were seven terrorist
attacks in Balochistan. In August, the BLA claimed credit for a suicide bombing attack on a bus
transporting Chinese workers, injuring three.
After the August suicide bombing, Chinese companies hired more
security personnel to protect Chinese workers. However, the targets
of the most recent terror attacks were not Chinese, and not Baloch.
Furthermore, they were not killed with a suicide bombing. Instead,
they were killed when unidentified motorcyclists opened fire at them
and fled. Also, they were from other provinces in Pakistan. The BLA
is insisting that with unemployment and poverty so high among Baloch
people, Baloch workers should be doing the CPEC development, rather
Chinese workers or workers from Punjab.
However, a Chinese investment firm has already announced a project to
build homes for 500,000 Chinese professionals in Gwadar by 2023.
Dawn and South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP - India) and Al Jazeera and Express Tribune (Pakistan, 11-Oct) and The News (Pakistan, 21-Oct-2017)
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**** Questions raised about planned China military naval base in Jiwani
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CPEC is a $55-60 billion 20-year project that will supposedly build a
network of roads, railways and energy pipelines aiming to connect
western Chinese cities, starting from China's easternmost city Kashgar
in Xinjiang province, to the sea port in Gwadar on the Indian Ocean in
Balochistan province in southern Pakistan. Power generation,
transport, commerce, R&D and the defense of Pakistan all will be
increasingly tied to Chinese investment, supplies and interests.
China has always insisted that Gwadar will be a purely commercial
port, with no military purpose at all. As usual, we seem to be facing
the usual deception, double-talk, and lying from the Chinese.
Recall that in 2015, China's president Xi Jinping and said that his
country had "no intention to militarize" the South China Sea, and that
they would be tourist attractions. It was just as much a lie as when
Hitler promised "peace in our time" as he was planning to invade
Britain. Today, the Chinese military has turned them into bases,
bristling with radar domes, shelters for missiles, warplane runways,
and other heavy military equipment. No tourists are welcome.
In January of this year, there were reports that Gwadar would become a
Chinese military naval base. China denied the report, but an article
in the South China Morning Post reported that the military base would
not be in Gwadar itself, but nearby on the Jiwani Peninsula. The
article quoted a Beijing-based military analyst who said:
<QUOTE>"China needs to set up another base in Gwadar for its
warships because Gwadar is now a civilian port.
It’s a common practice to have separate facilities for warships
and merchant vessels because of their different
operations. Merchant ships need a bigger port with a lot of space
for warehouses and containers, but warships need a full range of
maintenance and logistical support services."<END QUOTE>
At a Beijing forum last week, Javaid Iqbal, Navy Secretary of the
Pakistan Navy was asked whether Gwadar is the location of a future
Chinese military base. He evaded the question by restricting his
answer to Gwadar port: "Let me emphasize that the Gwadar port is
purely a commercial venture and has no military overtones. The Gwadar
port has no military dimension. It will be just a commercial port."
So, no mention of a base in nearby Jiwani. Aren't these people
wonderful? Diplomat (9-Feb) and South China Morning Post (Hong Kong, 5-Jan) and Reuters (26-Oct) and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (CSIS/AMTI)
Related Articles:
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Pakistan, Balochistan, China,
Balochistan Liberation Army, BLA, Baloch Liberation Front, BLF,
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, CPEC,
Kashgar, Xinjiang, Gwadar seaport, Jiwani, Javaid Iqbal
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Pakistan's Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claims credit for killing CPEC workers
- Questions raised about planned China military naval base in Jiwani
****
**** Pakistan's Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claims credit for killing CPEC workers
****
Gwadar Port
The separatist terror group Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed
credit for killing on October 31 five men working for a construction
company building 70 housing developments. The housing will be
populated by thousands of Chinese workers who will be working on the
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The housing developments are
on the road connecting Gwardar port to the town of Jiwani.
According to Azad Baloch, a BLA spokesman:
<QUOTE>"The site attacked today was part of the CPEC
project. ...
Today's attack is a clear message to China and all other countries
that Balochistan is an occupied territory. We warn China to halt
working on all the projects including a planned naval base in
Jiwani, Balochistan. The BLA will continue to resist against the
occupation of Baloch Ocean and coastal belt. ...
China and Pakistan are settling Punjabis and Chinese in Gwadar and
other areas of Balochistan's coastal belt to turn the Baloch into
a minority under their expansionist designs.
If the international community fails to fulfil their
responsibilities and turn a blind eye to the Pakistani and Chinese
colonization of Balochistan, then the Baloch nation will have no
other option but to target all non-Baloch settlers in
Balochistan."<END QUOTE>
This was only the latest in a series of BLA attacks on CPEC targets in
Balochistan. On October 26, the BLA conducted a joint operation with
another separatist group, the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF), and
killed two Pakistani paramilitary soldiers in a coordinated attack on
a senior officer's convoy. In September, there were seven terrorist
attacks in Balochistan. In August, the BLA claimed credit for a suicide bombing attack on a bus
transporting Chinese workers, injuring three.
After the August suicide bombing, Chinese companies hired more
security personnel to protect Chinese workers. However, the targets
of the most recent terror attacks were not Chinese, and not Baloch.
Furthermore, they were not killed with a suicide bombing. Instead,
they were killed when unidentified motorcyclists opened fire at them
and fled. Also, they were from other provinces in Pakistan. The BLA
is insisting that with unemployment and poverty so high among Baloch
people, Baloch workers should be doing the CPEC development, rather
Chinese workers or workers from Punjab.
However, a Chinese investment firm has already announced a project to
build homes for 500,000 Chinese professionals in Gwadar by 2023.
Dawn and South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP - India) and Al Jazeera and Express Tribune (Pakistan, 11-Oct) and The News (Pakistan, 21-Oct-2017)
****
**** Questions raised about planned China military naval base in Jiwani
****
CPEC is a $55-60 billion 20-year project that will supposedly build a
network of roads, railways and energy pipelines aiming to connect
western Chinese cities, starting from China's easternmost city Kashgar
in Xinjiang province, to the sea port in Gwadar on the Indian Ocean in
Balochistan province in southern Pakistan. Power generation,
transport, commerce, R&D and the defense of Pakistan all will be
increasingly tied to Chinese investment, supplies and interests.
China has always insisted that Gwadar will be a purely commercial
port, with no military purpose at all. As usual, we seem to be facing
the usual deception, double-talk, and lying from the Chinese.
Recall that in 2015, China's president Xi Jinping and said that his
country had "no intention to militarize" the South China Sea, and that
they would be tourist attractions. It was just as much a lie as when
Hitler promised "peace in our time" as he was planning to invade
Britain. Today, the Chinese military has turned them into bases,
bristling with radar domes, shelters for missiles, warplane runways,
and other heavy military equipment. No tourists are welcome.
In January of this year, there were reports that Gwadar would become a
Chinese military naval base. China denied the report, but an article
in the South China Morning Post reported that the military base would
not be in Gwadar itself, but nearby on the Jiwani Peninsula. The
article quoted a Beijing-based military analyst who said:
<QUOTE>"China needs to set up another base in Gwadar for its
warships because Gwadar is now a civilian port.
It’s a common practice to have separate facilities for warships
and merchant vessels because of their different
operations. Merchant ships need a bigger port with a lot of space
for warehouses and containers, but warships need a full range of
maintenance and logistical support services."<END QUOTE>
At a Beijing forum last week, Javaid Iqbal, Navy Secretary of the
Pakistan Navy was asked whether Gwadar is the location of a future
Chinese military base. He evaded the question by restricting his
answer to Gwadar port: "Let me emphasize that the Gwadar port is
purely a commercial venture and has no military overtones. The Gwadar
port has no military dimension. It will be just a commercial port."
So, no mention of a base in nearby Jiwani. Aren't these people
wonderful? Diplomat (9-Feb) and South China Morning Post (Hong Kong, 5-Jan) and Reuters (26-Oct) and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (CSIS/AMTI)
Related Articles:
- Chinese workers in Pakistan injured in terrorist bombing (15-Aug-2018)
- Pakistan faces imminent financial crisis threatening China's CPEC (07-Aug-2018)
- Pakistan overwhelmed and China alarmed over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) (12-Dec-2017)
- Execution of two of China's citizens in Pakistan raises concerns about CPEC (10-Jun-2017)
- Terror attack in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, kills 75 (09-Aug-2016)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Pakistan, Balochistan, China,
Balochistan Liberation Army, BLA, Baloch Liberation Front, BLF,
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, CPEC,
Kashgar, Xinjiang, Gwadar seaport, Jiwani, Javaid Iqbal
Permanent web link to this article
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Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: 617-864-0010
E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com
Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com
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