When news reached us today that a base in Pakistan was under attack by terrorists, it was discovered that a small number of Chinese engineers were working there.
And now the fact that China may fall heir to gold mining rights formerly held by Canada who had developed the mine over time has emerged:
Pakistan may give gold mining rights to Chinese
By Gurmukh Singh ,Toronto, May 18 :
Toronto-based Barrick Gold Corp. , along with Chile’s Antofagasta, has spent years in exploring the precious metal in the mine, according to a report from Islamabad Tuesday.
The Reko Diq mine holds vast deposits of gold and copper and a feasible study says it will take half a century to extract its reserves.
“Analysts say the risk that a Chinese company could scoop up the license grew dramatically this month when US commandos shot Osama bin Laden. In the political aftermath of the raid, Pakistan abruptly turned away from the West and renewed its friendship with China,” according to the report in the Globe and Mail Tuesday.
The report said the Pakistani military “appears to view the mine as a bargaining chip when dealing with China, which supplies weapons and nuclear assistance to its neighbour.”
It quotes Talal Akbar Bugti, Baloch tribal leader who controls the mine territory, as telling a Canadian delegation recently, “You (Canada) have a problem. Pakistan’s military wants the Chinese as strong allies, and our mines will get offered up to keep them happy.” [read remainder of article here]
China continues to move toward capturing the lion’s share of the earth’s minerals and contracts for their engineers to work on infrastructure.
roblorinov
May 23, 2011
Communist rule No. 1 for taking over world……Gain control of all natural resources and attack the nations economy.
Communist rule No. 210…..use military force as last resort.
Seems to me they are carrying out rule number 1 perfectly throughout the world. Meanwhile, we wait for nukes to fall from the sky??
blackwatertown
May 23, 2011
Successful use of soft power by China.
Freedom, by the way
May 24, 2011
We’ll be next, because the bozos in Washington can’t seem to figure out how to balance a checkbook. China will get their money back from Uncle Same some way, land, mining & drilling rights…slavery?
blackwatertown
May 24, 2011
More on China – in Africa this time
http://africanarguments.org/2011/05/12/beyond-the-beijing-consensus-the-everyday-politics-of-china-in-africa-2/
loopyloo305
May 24, 2011
And just this morning we find out that China has warned the US that any attack on Pakistan will be considered an act of War. I have a post on China Rising this morning and that news is what prompted the article. I added the link here into the article.
samhenry
May 26, 2011
Thank you loopy. I will be over to see you later today if I can.