China lavishes aid on Pakistan town in bid to extend maritime reach
Beijing has built a school, sent doctors and pledged about US$500 million in grants for an airport, hospital, college
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Gwadar, Pakistan
CHINA is lavishing vast amounts of aid on a small Pakistani fishing town to win over locals and build a commercial deep-water port that the United States and India suspect may also one day serve the Chinese navy.
Beijing has built a school, sent doctors and pledged about US$500 million in grants for an airport, hospital, college and badly-needed water infrastructure for Gwadar, a dusty town overlooking some of the world's busiest oil and gas shipping lanes.
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