Pakistan May Have no Other Choice than China
US defense establishment’s antipathy spells end to lukewarm Washington-Islamabad romance
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Pakistan’s coalition government has once again put the Comprehensive Pakistan Economic Corridor, the US$87 billion collection of infrastructure projects designed to give China an entry to the Indian Ocean, in top gear, dashing American hopes of converting Islamabad into an anti-Beijing bulwark despite Pakistan’s very real assistan…
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