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Chinese investments are not some kind of donations or handouts. They are basically financial instruments tied to Capex (loans). Pakistan has not defaulted on those. Some have been very lucrative deals for the investors. India still being bogged down by a country 10x smaller indicates the investments seem to be working well for the past 60+ years.
Regarding domestic stability, particularly, political, that is indeed a challenge. That is a very valid point and I agree with you on it 101%. I do hope this shit is sorted out internally.
Some other figures to show the investments have held up:
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proelite
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A long protracted struggle requires investments into the long term. There are two aspects of that where China still falls short. First, demographics, which doesn’t need to be elaborated on but should be treated as a national emergency. Second, succession - Xi should realize he may not see the end of the struggle and that it is necessary to prepare for a smooth transition of power to a worthy next generation leadership. As a government system, one party authoritarianism is strong when there is unity of purpose among elites; but are most fragile during leadership transitions.
Just because there isn't an obvious successor at the moment doesn't mean that there aren't plans being made or already in place, intra-party politics is already very opaque to outsiders so just assuming no succession contingencies have been accounted for because it's not observable to us doesn't make much sense to me.
I used to watch Lei's Real Talk sometimes to shitpost in the chat, and in one chat session, she clearly admitted that had never set foot in mainland China. So I would take everything she says with a truck load of salt.
I would never describe it as such, we're not Americans and we will never become that arrogant. Pakistan's situation is not looking good from the outside, there is a real chance China's investments may become void in the future, that's why it is concerning.
Which is a real pity, there was a genuine attempt of nation building in building up Pakistan's economy by China, a prosperous Pakistan is beneficial to China. Hopefully Pakistan can sort it out but it doesn't seems hopeful
As long as the ruling/business elites of the world park their money in the states, it will be very difficult…