{"id":20019096,"date":"2016-06-10T06:34:12","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T01:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thethirdpole.net\/?p=19096"},"modified":"2021-02-18T21:20:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T15:50:54","slug":"china-pakistan-economic-corridor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/business\/china-pakistan-economic-corridor\/","title":{"rendered":"Interactive map: China Pakistan Economic Corridor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pakistani politicians have a colourful arsenal of metaphors to describe the strength of their friendship with China:&nbsp;higher than the Himalayas, deeper than the oceans, stronger than steel, dearer than eyesight, sweeter than honey, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The USD&nbsp;46 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor was expected to&nbsp;cement these bonds and prove a &#8220;game changer&#8221; for the troubled region. But a year after launch the&nbsp;initiative is in danger of unravelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This story map explores the environmental and political challenges along the way from the mountains to the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Click on the image to begin or <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads.knightlab.com\/storymapjs\/4010babc93078401bb9bab8303d75b83\/china-pakistan-economic-corridor\/index.html\">follow this link<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-article-image aligncenter block--article-image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--article-image__column\"><div class=\"block--article-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CPEC-map-front-1.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CPEC-map-front-1-768x364.png 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CPEC-map-front-1-1024x486.png 1024w, 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