[swarthyguy]

Nobody knows or talks about Gwadar; . Just recently, the Chinese announced increased construction there. There was a pic in a pakistani newspaper. Cosco runs a lot of shipping companies in the US; significant number of sealane chokepoints have significant Chinese control-Panama for instance.

[GOP_1900AD]

I saw an article today that it is the major contender (shorter distance, cheaper right of way) for the terminus of the Tajik, Afghan, Pakistani pipeline(s) as well. How very convenient. And to think that some here in the US thought that the US oil companies would be the benefactors of the Afghan action. Perhaps, some duped US oil companies naively believe that they will benefit from it, but in fact, that's not who it's for.