China’s Belt and Road Awakens With a Push Through Pakistan

When China’s President Xi Jinping announced its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, Pakistan was one of the first to welcome it with open arms. The two have gotten together again to revive the project from hibernation.

The countries that share a 273-mileborder have gotten together three times since June to sign new projects worth about $ 11 billion. That takes commitments of projects in Pakistan to more than $70 billion. The biggest splash has been mainly power plants that has ended Pakistan’s decade-old problem of electricity shortage.