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\nChina\u2019s state-run newspaper urged India to adopt a softer stance towards the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), saying that India\u2019s policy towards the project should be\u201dmore pragmatic and flexible\u201d.
\nIn an article that appeared in the Gobal Times, the paper equated Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and Taiwan. It argued that India should not object to the CPEC despite it running through PoK as China backs business links between Taiwan and India.
\n\u201cThe China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) won\u2019t affect the Status quo of Kashmir dispute\u201d since China had always maintained that only India and Pakistan should resolve the issue, said the article.
\nThe article further states that the project is an economic plan aimed at connecting China and Pakistan and advance Pakistan\u2019s economy and improve the lives of its people, adding that the Chinese investment in infrastructure and construction won\u2019t affect the situation in Kashmir.
\n\u201cJust like the Taiwan question, Beijing doesn\u2019t object any economic links between Taiwan and other countries including India because economic activities won\u2019t alter China\u2019s sovereignty over the island,\u201d said the article.
\n\u201cThe CPEC, however, will boost the economic development in the region, bringing jobs and improving the quality of life,\u201d the paper said, adding if India wishes the project could be extended to Jammu and Kashmir. The article added that China defends the project as it is development-oriented, aimed at improving the lives of the local people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
INP ISLAMABAD China\u2019s state-run newspaper urged India to adopt a softer stance towards the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), saying that India\u2019s policy towards the project should be\u201dmore pragmatic and flexible\u201d. In an article that appeared in the Gobal Times, the paper equated Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and Taiwan. It argued that India should not object to the CPEC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n