What began as a $62 billion infrastructure project has evolved into something far more ambitious and potentially dangerous for regional stability. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) 2.0 ...

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif leads a delegation in discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, Sep. 2, 2025. Credit: Prime Minister’s Office of Pakistan During the ...

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a USD 62 billion infrastructure and energy development project which launched in 2015, has become a source of conflict and tension, particularly in the ...

Often hailed by Chinese and Pakistani analysts as a “game-changer,” the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) gained fresh strategic significance recently with Beijing brokering ...

Despite persistent issues plaguing Phase II of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor, China has signalled its commitments to complete the project. For Islamabad, completion of Phase II means a ...

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities are hosting a trilateral meeting with China and Pakistan on August 20, as Beijing looks to de-escalate tensions between the two countries by incentivizing cooperation ...

On 20 August 2025, Kabul hosted the sixth China–Afghanistan–Pakistan foreign ministers’ dialogue, the first since the Taliban’s 2021 takeover. Chinese, Pakistani and Afghan leaders pledged deeper ...