{"id":24059,"date":"2013-03-18T23:33:24","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T04:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drishtikone.com\/?p=24059"},"modified":"2013-03-18T23:33:24","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T04:33:24","slug":"is-pakistan-chinas-vassal-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/drishtikone\/2013\/03\/is-pakistan-chinas-vassal-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Pakistan, China’s vassal state?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Pakistan is as<\/span> fantastic a vassal state as they come. \u00a0When it was behind US, it did whatever it took to make them happy. \u00a0In a bid to bolster Americans and their Cold War agenda, they literally lit fire to their whole society and neighborhood \u2013 with the beginning of Jihad<\/span>. \u00a0Of course, the idea was that they will use the fire of that anarchy to do their own dirty work. \u00a0Now that fire is coming to roast their own society at every corner of the country.<\/p>\n

But Pakistan and its establishment is unfazed<\/span>. \u00a0In 1963, Pakistan first gave away\u00a05,800\u00a0km2<\/sup>\u00a0(2,239\u00a0sq\u00a0mi)\u00a0of land in Kashmir \u2013 called the Trans-Karakoram tract<\/span> to China. \u00a0Obviously, in lieu of lots of benefits \u2013 which I am still wondering what they were. \u00a0Well, one I know \u2013 Nukes and the \u201cDo-it-yourself\u201d kits, and also pressure on India. \u00a0But of course, when it came to the crunch, China would back off.<\/p>\n

Recently however, Pakistan went a step ahead. \u00a0It gave the entire management of the Gwadar port to<\/span> China<\/a>. \u00a0Now, it is the largest port in Pakistan \u2013 situated in Balochistan \u2013 a mineral rich and even Oil & Gas rich area. \u00a0With the control over Gwadar, and having created the Karakoram Highway through the Karakoram, China suddenly gets access to the Middle East ports very easily<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Now, having given large amounts of land, and their largest port to<\/span> a country, would lead to some good revenue for Pakistan right? \u00a0Keep dreaming. \u00a0China has Pakistan literally by their .. err<\/span>\u2026 tails<\/span>. \u00a0Why? \u00a0Well it seems that between\u00a02008-2012 China\u2019s Arms Exports to the world grew by 162% compared to the previous five years. \u00a0And which country is the largest buyer of Chinese Arms? \u00a0Yes, Pakistan. \u00a0You know how much of China\u2019s Arms are bought by<\/span> Pakistan? \u00a0A whopping 55%<\/strong>!!<\/p>\n

\u201cChina\u2019s rise has been driven primarily by large-scale arms acquisitions by Pakistan,\u201d Paul Holtom, a research director at SIPRI said in a press release.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That means 55% of all the arms in China have an assured market in a vassal state called Pakistan. \u00a0As they say \u201cChinese ka daana\u00a0paani\u00a0chal hi Pakistan se raha\u00a0hai\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Pakistanis lament that when Chinese<\/span> do any projects in Pakistan, they don\u2019t give ANY room to Pakistanis to earn any revenue. \u00a0They bring their own people, janitors, labor and even food!! \u00a0Even supplies they don\u2019t buy from Pakistan. \u00a0Here is Tarek Fatah talking about it.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EMYFfNCnRno<\/p>\n

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