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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Will China extend its influence in the Indian Ocean by building a naval base in Gwadar, Pakistan?

Will China extend its influence in the Indian Ocean by building a naval base in Gwadar, Pakistan?

To date, Chinese officials have asserted that their interest in Gwadar is strictly a commercial effort to provide another energy corridor for Middle East oil, and Pakistani government officials stridently affirm this position. New Delhi, on the other hand, has expressed "concern" about the true motivations in developing Gwadar, suspecting that it is a Sino-Pak effort at encirclement.http://www.cfr.org/south-asia/china-extend-its-influence-indian-ocean-building-naval-base-gwadar-pakistan/p30603?cid=rss-fullfeed-will_china_extend_its_influenc-050113&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cfr_main+%28CFR.org+-+Main+Site+Feed%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

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