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Pakistan’s Change in Political Status of Contested Region Serves Beijing’s Agenda, Experts Say

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11/12/2020|Updated: 11/12/2020

Pakistan announced on Nov. 1 that it would give “provisional provincial status” to Gilgit-Baltistan, a disputed region that’s also claimed by India, and through which China is building the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor project (CPEC).

The action, which will further serve the Chinese regime’s strategic and economic plans, was made after India changed the political status of Jammu and Kashmir, which borders Gilgit-Baltistan, experts say.

Venus Upadhayaya

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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.

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