https://intpolicydigest.org/2017/02/27/asian-ports-pitfalls-china-s-one-belt-one-road-initiative/ Herr Herrner WORLD NEWS /27 FEB 2017 James M. Dorsey Asian Ports: Pitfalls of China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative Troubled ports in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, envisioned as part of China’s string of pearls linking the Eurasian heartland to the Middle Kingdom, exemplify political pitfalls that threaten Beijing’s ambitious One Belt, One Road project. Political violence over the past decade has stopped Pakistan’s Gwadar port from emerging as a major trans-shipment hub in Chinese trade and energy supplies while turmoil in Sri Lanka threatens to dissuade Chinese investors from sinking billions into the country’s struggling Hambantota port and planned economic hub. The problems of the two ports serve as pointers to simmering discontent and potential resistance to China’s ploy for dominance through cross-continental infrastructure linkage across a swath of land that is restive and ripe for
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