If and when it gets up and running, Gwadar could will be China's biggest strategic game changer in decades: Near-direct access to Middle Eastern oil and goods that will be transported overland, bypassing naval choke points.
Smart idea for China .
The LOW points of most of those valleys is 10K+ feet above sea level.
"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
China wants to play in the corrupt, backward, illiterate, violent and inbred jihadi world of Pakistan and its society?
I’m tempted to say to them: Have Fun!