{"id":8185,"date":"2016-10-30T21:58:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-30T16:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/?p=8185"},"modified":"2016-11-06T08:58:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T03:28:55","slug":"book-review-the-china-pakistan-axis-the-new-geopolitics-by-andrew-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patriotsforumindia.com\/?p=8185","title":{"rendered":"Book Review : The China Pakistan Axis , The New Geopolitics by Andrew Small"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book Review\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0: The China Pakistan Axis , The New Geopolitics by Andrew Small\"%e0%a4%a1%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%b0%e0%a5%88%e0%a4%97%e0%a4%a8\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\"RKU\"<\/a>R.K.Upadhyay<\/div>\n
1. In 1951 China favoured socialist , non aligned India . It gave a claim on 3400 sq miles territory to Pakistan .<\/div>\n
Ayub even wanted a common \u00a0defence pact with India which Nehru rejected . China made an all weather road<\/div>\n
linking Xinjiang with Lhasa passing for 212 miles in Indian territory . Chou en Lai advocated swapping of territory<\/div>\n
in East and West which Nehru rejected .<\/div>\n
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Problems started with Tibetian uprising in Lhasa in 1959 . Dalai Lama fled by walking for twelve days and was<\/div>\n
given asylum in India . China suspected that India had supported CIA in arranging the uprising . Mao decided to<\/div>\n
cultivate Pakistan .<\/div>\n
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2. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0After 1962 war Ayub gave a part of Kashmir to China and settled the border dispute . Ayub was badly<\/div>\n
disillusioned by lack of American support in 1965 and accepted Bhutto and army’s suggestion to cultivate<\/div>\n
China for security . Bhutto in a note in jail \u00a0before being hanged wrote that his eleven years of effort in<\/div>\n
making China\u00a0 a friend will be a testimony to his commitment to Pakistan . \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0But after luke warm verbal<\/div>\n
support in 1971 China gave full support to Pakistan after breakup.\u00a0. It gave enriched Uranium for two bombs<\/div>\n
and all the missing information required . It gave the missile technology . But Pakistan made long range<\/div>\n
Ghauri missile before India with a swap deal with North Korea\u00a0exchanging Nuclear and missile technologies .<\/div>\n
But after Kargil China and USA are now coordinating in India Pakistan matters favouring stability .<\/div>\n
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3. Pakistan’s free marketing of nuclear technologies came to be known when Gaddafi handed over<\/div>\n
the full nuclear secrets obtained from Pakistan\u00a0to escape punishment in Lockerbie bombing . Package<\/div>\n
included manuals in Chinese also . ( Subsequently even Iran admitted to Pakistan as the source of<\/div>\n
nuclear know how , not mentioned \u00a0in this book ).<\/div>\n
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4. China has decided to back Pakistan fully in defence matters\u00a0. In 2010 it signed agreements to build<\/div>\n
two 300 mw nuclear power plants for Pakistan .In 2013 reports of a 1000 mw nuclear power plant for<\/div>\n
Pakistan are being featured in newspapers . China is hoodwinking NSG .<\/div>\n
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5.Uighur \u00a0lslamic militants from China’s muslim majority province of \u00a0Xinjiang were being trained in Pakistan .<\/div>\n
Chinese workers are being abducted to cause maximum embrassment to Pakistan government and extract<\/div>\n
big concessions . A massage parlour Chinese staff was abducted alleging parlour as a thinly veiled<\/div>\n
prostitution centre . On subsequent crackdown on Lal Masjid by Musharraf many undertraining Uighur terrorists<\/div>\n
were also killed . China has started dealing with many Islamic terror organisations and radical parties . But<\/div>\n
it has accepted Islamic terrorism in Pakistan as a fact but is trying to solate its Xinjiang province and has<\/div>\n
largely been successful .<\/div>\n
6. It was well past midnight when Chou en Lai , breaking all protocols walked into the room of Ghulam Farooque . It was explained that ancient route for Chinese trade with middle east was not via Shanghai but Karachi .<\/div>\n
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7. By 2012 an average Chinese earned five times more than an average Pakistani .China’s economy was 35 times the size of Pakistani economy . Yet the total Sino Pakistani trade was 12 billion dollars compared to 66 billion dollars between India and China . The total Sino Pakistani trade between 1995 and 2007 was 20 billion dollars ie half of Indo China trade in 2007 alone .<\/div>\n
But Chinese investment in Pakistan from 2000- 2005 was only $400000<\/div>\n
But it shot up and in 2013 it was estimated to be between 4 – 6 billion dollars . But China turned down Zardari’s request for direct grants to overcome balance of payment crisis . There was an informal Sino American understanding that Pakistan should follow IMF regime .<\/div>\n
8 . Transport cost via land route from Gwadar port to China consumption points is about five times the cost by sea . Gwadar is an strategic requirement to release pressure if Straits of Mallacca are choked .It is not a commercial requirement .<\/div>\n
9 . China was happiest with Musharraf government due to its decisiveness and quick implementation and disliked the Zardari\u00a0government . It was also annoyed that Zardari visited USA before visiting China .<\/div>\n
10. China burnt its hand in Afghanistan in investing in Ayank copper mines , holding world’s second largest copper reserves worth 88 billion dollars .US felt cheated that they made the sacrifices and Chinese just collected the booty .$ 30 million bribe was paid to Afghan minister in Dubai . Ultimately Chinese withdrew .<\/div>\n
11. China maintained\u00a0\u00a0contacts with Taliban as well as other Afghan groups to keep its Xinjiang province safe\u00a0. It largely succeeded in its mission .<\/div>\n
12. China signed 46 BILLION DOLLAR DEAL ON CPEC with Nawaz as it did not want to sign it with Zardari .<\/div>\n
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13 .\u00a0After CPEC China’s interest in Pakistan will be crtical and it will support Pakistan militarily .But it is giving no grants to Pakistan in US style .<\/div>\n
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CPEC is a big subject not covered in this book but we will deal with it subsequently<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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