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CPEC and Emerging Challenges at LAC

  • 06 Jun 2024
  • 3 min read

Source: ET

Why in News?

Following their co-chairing of the fifth Pakistan-China Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue, the two leaders expressed their commitment to continue supporting each other on matters of core interest including the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

What is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)?

  • About:
    • The CPEC is a major infrastructure and development project.
    • China-Pakistan plans to accelerate various projects under CPEC, including the Gwadar Port development, and the Karakorum Highway.
  • Opposition to CPCE:

Deployment of J-20 Stealth Fighters near LAC by China

  • Satellite imagery have shown six J-20 fighters at the airfield along with ground crew and support equipment.
    • China has also upgraded several airfields in the region, including Hotan, Kashgar, and Gargunsa, among others, by extending runways, building shelters, and storage facilities.
    • China's deployment of J-20s is seen as an attempt to offset India's air combat advantage in the region, given India's possession of Rafale jets and other advanced aircraft.
  • The Shigatse dual-use airport, located merely 155 km from the LAC and close to Doklam, holds strategic importance for China in the eastern sector facing India.
  • India, in response, has Sukhoi-30MKI fighters deployed in the eastern sector, along with a squadron of Rafale jets stationed at the Hasimara air base in West Bengal.

UPSC Civil Services Examination, Previous Year Question (PYQ)

Prelims:

Q. ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ is sometimes mentioned in the news in the context of the affairs of (2016)

(a) African Union

(b) Brazil

(c) European Union

(d) China

Ans: (d)

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