Interview with Mustafa Hyder Sayed, executive director, Pakistan-China Institute

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China's international development project the Belt and Road Initiative incorporates the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a modern silk road.

The key to the corridor 

The CPEC is a combination of investments that seek to bridge Pakistan’s energy deficit and so rejuvenate its ailing industrial base, and loans. 

The aim of this development is to create the first North South link between the 'Belt' and the 'Road', converging on the Gwadar Port, the linchpin of CPEC.