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Asia Insight

China-Pakistan Belt and Road Initiative hits buffers

Disagreements, terrorism and COVID-19 stymie CPEC projects

ADNAN AAMIR, Contributing writer | Pakistan

ISLAMABAD -- In Gwadar, a developing port town in southwest Pakistan, Adam Qadir Baksh had been hoping for a major leap forward in his automobile spare parts business since 2015, but it has not happened in the absence of the vital Chinese tailwind once promised.

"There has been no benefit from the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor for local parts vendors and other suppliers," Baksh said.

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