China and Pakistan were also at odds over ownership of the hydropower project on the Indus River. "The Pakistani marble industry's experience strokes with the overall suggestion of the leaked long-term plan for CPEC that projects risks of economic domination, the creation of a surveillance state, and would allow China to shape Pakistan's media landscape. It projected an approach that has already sparked popular resistance and setbacks in countries and regions such as Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Balochistan," he added.Dr Dorsey further said that China was trying to transform Pakistan into a raw materials supplier rather than an added-value producer. "Effectively turning Pakistan into a raw materials supplier rather than an added-value producer, a prerequisite for a sustainable textiles industry, the plan sees the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in China's troubled north-western province of Xinjiang, as the vehicle for the introduction of mechanisation as well as new technologies in Pakistani livestock breeding, development of hybrid varieties, and precision irrigation. Added value would be produced in Xinjiang as part of China's bid to quell ethnic unrest among the Uighur population," the article said.

Source: Economic Times November 29, 2017 11:47 UTC