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jinnzaman said
China's also invested heavily in Iraq and Sudan.
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True, but that's not what I'm referring to.
China hasn't made anything kind of investments in Iraq or Sudan near the type or size of investment its made in Pakistan - please recall that Gawadar is a deep sea port and Pakistan has given China full license to use that for military purposes. That is why Gawadar is being developed - China will be using it to station its own naval fleets to patrol the warm waters of the Indian Ocean as well as the Persian Gulf. As a side benefit to Pakistan, Gawadar will also be used as a port city alternative to Karachi for risk management, but that's just a secondary benefit.
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While they've engaged in a lot of diplomatic opposition, I doubt that'll be enough to cause a military conflagration.
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That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that cooler heads will prevail because a lot of different parties have a lot of vested economic interests at stake. China will engage in diplomatic overtures specifically to prevent an escalation in any military conflict between Pakistan and America.
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Trust me, if Pakistan challenges American hegemony directly and America responds with force, it will get very ugly in Pakistan.
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No one's arguing that, but I don't believe America is so stupid that they would risk exponentially magnifying the existing chaos, instability and anarchy in Pakistan just to prove something like that.