Debunking Criticism on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor

Zahid Khan, Guo Changgang, Muhammad Afzaal, Riaz Ahmad and Samuel Aron Issack

Chinese Economy, 2020, vol. 53, issue 6, 477-487

Abstract: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a pilot flagship project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Although this project has been received in a relatively positive manner by actors regionally and worldwide, it has also been subject to serious criticisms in domestic and international publications. These criticisms include the claims that Pakistan might become a colony or province of China, and that Pakistan is faced with a debt-trap as a result of Chinese loans. This article outlines these claims and proceeds to show that neither stands up to close scrutiny. Moreover, the article approach is alienated into two parts; first, looks at how the distinctive criticism propagated by critics whilst secondly, a critical approach is used to debunk all these criticism with the help of respondents’ reactions. Consequently, it may provide few policy recommendations.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/10971475.2020.1792065

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