纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英As Violence Surges Can Pakistan Protect Its Chinese Projects
July 11, 2024 2 min 303 words
《纽约时报》的这篇报道以近期巴基斯坦发生针对中国项目的暴力事件为新闻由头，质疑巴基斯坦是否有能力保护中国的投资项目。报道提到，中巴经济走廊项目因巴基斯坦当地的安全问题和经济困境而进展缓慢，并指出巴基斯坦政府可能需要中国以外的投资来缓解目前的经济危机。 这篇报道虽然提及了巴基斯坦存在的客观问题，但整体基调偏向负面，且可能存在一定程度的偏见。报道没有全面考量中巴经济走廊项目的整体进展和正面成效，片面强调了项目遇到的困难和挑战。此外，报道没有深入探讨巴基斯坦经济危机的成因，简单地将中国项目与巴基斯坦的经济困境关联，可能有误导读者之嫌。客观而言，中巴经济走廊项目促进了巴基斯坦的基础设施建设和当地就业，对巴国的经济发展起到了积极作用。该报道虽然反映了存在的困难，但过于负面和片面，有必要加以平衡和客观的分析。
In a busy port city along Pakistan’s southwestern coast, a newly built security barrier and hundreds of new checkpoints safeguard Chinese workers.
Farther down the Arabian Sea coast, in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, officials added hundreds of police officers to a special unit charged with protecting Chinese-funded development projects. And in the capital, Islamabad, officials created a new police force specifically to protect Chinese nationals.
Across Pakistan, authorities are hurrying to bolster security for Chinese workers after a surge in militant violence targeting Chinese-funded megaprojects. The attacks have threatened infrastructure, energy and trade projects that have kept Pakistan’s economy afloat through a dire economic crisis.
That investment in Pakistan, which began in 2015 as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, involves around $60 billion of planned projects. Tens of thousands of Chinese workers are thought to be in Pakistan, though estimates vary widely. Chinese investment has proved critical since support from the United States tapered off after the war in neighboring Afghanistan ended in 2021.
The Chinese-funded projects struggled with security challenges from the start. But over the past three years, as militant groups have resurged across Pakistan and the number of terrorist attacks has soared, Chinese investments — or even just projects perceived to have some connection to China — have become increasingly vulnerable.
A series of attacks this spring highlighted that threat. In late March, armed fighters targeted the Chinese-built and operated port in Gwadar along the southwestern coast of the Arabian Sea, killing two Pakistani security officers. Days later, militants attacked the country’s second-largest air base, citing opposition to Chinese investment to extract the region’s resources.