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China intends to invest $46 billion in infrastructure links to Pakistan:
The focus of spending is on building a China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) - a network of roads, railway and pipelines between the long-time allies. They will run some 3,000km (1,865 miles) from Gwadar in Pakistan to China's western Xinjiang region.
The projects will give China direct access to the Indian Ocean and beyond. This marks a major advance in China's plans to boost its economic influence in Central and South Asia, correspondents say, and far exceeds US spending in Pakistan.
[...] Some $15.5bn worth of coal, wind, solar and hydro energy projects will come online by 2017 and add 10,400 megawatts of energy to Pakistan's national grid, according to officials. A $44m optical fibre cable between the two countries is also due to be built.
The Great Game lives. Different players, same game. Equally large implications. Diplomacy game geeks, awake! Who are the players, and what's the play?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by bzipitidoo on Tuesday April 21 2015, @03:59AM
Terribly nationalistic thinking there.
Worldwide, we're facing too big problems: greed and climate change. Climate change has killed civilizations before. We're much more knowledgeable and powerful, but we are most definitely not immune. We can live in peace if everyone chooses to do so. What I find frightening is that a lot of people won't settle, no they want more, more than the other guy. They would launch the nukes, for power and money. Some of our nuttier Christians really do want a war with the Muslims, because they're so sure we'd win and be able to take over and exploit the region. Exterminate all the Muslims then we can do that go forth and multiply thing. Fill the land with the children of Christians, and keep control of all that oil. Some really would rather live in a messed up, ruined world with destroyed civilizations where our total wealth is only 1% of what it is now, as long as they have more than their neighbors.
If climate changes gets bad, it could push the nuclear powers into desperation. If they get desperate enough, they will think about launching the nukes. If they actually do it, it's game over for our civilization.
(Score: 2) by Hairyfeet on Tuesday April 21 2015, @07:57AM
Dude I'm a socialist atheist and even I know it AIN'T the Xtians strapping bombs onto 14 year olds and having them drive bikes up to banks, that would be the Muslims. You look at every country with Sharia law? Its like turning back the clock 2000 years, with stoning of gays and rape victims, cutting the hands off thieves, say what you want about the Xtians but they haven't been THAT whack-a-doodle for quite a long time.
While I personally would be happy if you threw ALL the religious books in a fire (since its obvious that humans can't handle fairy tales about sky bullys) you'd be damned lucky if you needed 2 hands to count the number of Xtian terrorist attacks in a whole year, you'd probably run out of fingers and toes counting Muslim suicide bombers in less than 3 weeks, its really no comparison.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.