hussain0216
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CPEC?
The future of western China and CPEC are interlinked
China has a massive population, it seeks to develop its western half, but Chinese commentators (on different forum) said it best the more open areas of western China has a few problems, China cant develop them until they have housing, industry, jobs, oil etc all supplied.
You cant ship in people if they dont have jobs/industry
Another major problem is that western China will directly be in competition with eastern China because shipping anything in and out of China means first going to China's eastern ports and then hauling across country or shipping them out, so it just adds that extra, cost, time, shipping.
This greatly stunts growth in western and even central china
Direct supply of oil, gas 8s another issue
CPEC is made in order to address all these things so Western China can develop at pace with a dedicated deep water port from which it can ship hugh volumes in and out of western China and add another oil/gas supply link.
One of the indian posters stated western, central china was underdeveloped and barren and couldn't help Nepal
CPEC will aid in developing those areas and a more developed western, central china can better support and help counter India in Nepal