China and the Middle East by James M. Dorsey

Author:James M. Dorsey
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9783319643557
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Gwadar , the Belt and Road’s linchpin a mere 600 kilometres from the Arabian Sea and 380 kilometres from the Strait of Hormuz at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula and Oman , which governed the port until 1958, is slated to link the Gulf with China ’s volatile north-western province of Xinjiang . Once fully operational, Gwadar would be a key node in a land-sea energy supply line from the Gulf to China that would circumvent India as well as the South China Sea. It would shorten the roughly 12,000-kilometre sea route from the Gulf to China ’s eastern seaboard to a mere 2395 kilometres with a pipeline ending in Xinjiang ’s Kashgar, one of the busiest bazaars on the ancient Silk Road (Fig. 6.2).

Fig. 6.2Three corridors planned to pass through northern, central, and southern Xinjiang . (The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI))

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