corridor deal: But opposition to the project is increasing amid new conflicts. 29.08.2016 Brahamdagh Bugti China-Pakistan deal usurps Balochistan resources In an interview with DW, Baloch leader Brahamdagh Bugti says the recent multi-billion dollar economic corridor deal between Pakistan and China is aimed at colonizing the Balochistan province, and must be resisted. 24.04.2015 On Sunday, November 13, Pakistan top civilian and military leaders inaugurated a new international route which connects the country renovated southwestern Gwadar port to the Chinese city of Kashgar as part of a joint multi-billion-dollar project, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor CPEC . The first convoy of Chinese trucks carrying goods for sale abroad arrived in the South Asian country on Saturday, and the Pakistani authorities saw them off on Sunday, according to Deutsche Welle. Last year, China announced CPEC worth 46 billion 41 billion euros . With the project, Beijing aims to expand its influence in Pakistan and across Central and South Asia in order to counter US and Indian influence. And separatists have vowed to resist what they say is Sino-Pakistani colonization. 14.04.2016 China economic corridor creating new conflicts in Pakistan Pakistani PM Sharif has inaugurated a two-day China-Pakistan Economic Corridor summit in Islamabad, hailing the project as a milestone for his country. CPEC also includes plans to create road, rail and oil pipeline links to improve connectivity between China and the Middle East. Experts say that CPEC can certainly stir the much-needed economic activity in the country. Pakistan is grappling with an acute economic crisis.
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