The China-Pakistan Axis: Asia's New Geopolitics (43 page)

119
. Mulvenon, James,
Soldiers of Fortune: The Rise and Fall of the Chinese Military-Business Complex, 1978–1998
, Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe/East Gate Books, 2001, p. 118.

120
. Ilaina Jonas and Jeffrey Goldfarb, “China Mobile to buy Paktel in first overseas deal”, Reuters, 22 Jan. 2007,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/01/22/paktel-chinamobile-idUSL2278866820070122,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

121
. “Wrong key fumble for China Mobile in Pakistan”,
Caixin
, 23 May 2011,
http://english.caixin.com/2011–05–23/100262335.html,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

122
. “Pakistan’s Wapda, China’s Sinohydro for Civil Works sign a contract worth Rs26.053 billion”,
Nihao-Salam
, 10 Sep. 2013,
http://www.nihaosalam.com/news-detail.php?id=NDUyNg%3D%3D,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

123
. “China’s Three Gorges Corp ready to invest $15b in Pakistan”,
China Daily
, 7 Apr. 2013,
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2011–04/07/content_12287700.htm,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

124
. Muhammad Anis, “Nawaz to visit Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project today”,
The News
, 19 Jun. 2013,
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13–23602-Nawaz-to-visit-Neelum-Jhelum-hydropower-project-today,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

125
. “MCC continues to undertake the Saindak project in Pakistan”, MCC China, 20 May 2011,
http://www.mccchina.com/ENGLISH/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=9096,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

126
. Tom Wright and Jeremy Page, “China pullout deals blow to Pakistan”,
Wall Street Journal
, 30 Sep. 2011,
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970203405504576600671644602028,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

127
. “Wrong key fumble for China Mobile in Pakistan”,
Caixin
, 23 May 2011,
http://english.caixin.com/2011–05–23/100262335.html,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

128
. Khalid Mustafa, “Neelum-Jhelum project also hits finance snags”,
The News
, 12 Aug. 2012,
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-3–126061-Neelum-Jhelum-project-also-hits-finance-snags,
last accessed 16 Jan. 2014.

129
. Grare, “Pakistan: The Resurgence”.

130
. “Waking up to the war in Balochistan”, BBC News, 29 Feb. 2012,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17182978,
last accessed 16 Jan. 2014.

131
. “Hydroelectric Power Plants in Pakistan”, Power Plants Around the World,
http://www.industcards.com/hydro-pakistan.htm,
last accessed 2 Feb. 2014.

132
. Ibid.

133
. Mansur Khan Mahsud,
The Battle for Pakistan: Militancy and Conflict in South Waziristan
, Washington, DC: New America Foundation, Apr. 2010,
http://www.operationspaix.net/DATA/DOCUMENT/4799~v~The_Battle_for_Pakistan___Militancy_and_Conflict_in_South_Waziristan.pdf,last
accessed 17 Jan. 2014.

134
. “Two Chinese engineers kidnapped in Pakistan”,
China Daily
, 9 Oct. 2004,
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004–10/09/content_380846.htm,
last accessed 16 Jan. 2014.

135
. “One hostage killed, another freed”,
China Daily
, 14 Oct. 2004,
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004–10/14/content_382469.xhtml,last
accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

136
. Rahimullah Yusufzai, “What really happened…”,
Newsline
, 7 Nov. 2004,
http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2004/11/what-really-happened/,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

137
. Amir Mir, “Last Abdullah Mehsud”, Raman’s Pashtun Belt Database, 4 Aug. 2007,
http://ramanspashtunbeltdatabase.blogspot.com/2008/01/late-abdullah-mehsud.html,
last accessed 16 Jan. 2014.

138
. Yusufzai, “What really happened…”.

139
. Ibid.

140
. “Work on Gomal Zam dam to resume soon”,
Dawn
, 4 Apr. 2005,
http://www.dawn.com/news/240758/work-on-gomal-zam-dam-to-resume-soon,last
accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

141
. Rahimullah Yusufzai, “What really happened…”.

142
. “Chinese workers shot in Pakistan”, BBC News, 9 Jul. 2007,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6282574.stm,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

143
. “Liaison committee for Chinese security being formed”,
Daily Times
, 10 Jul. 2007,
http://archive.is/Ddgv7,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

144
. Author interviews in Islamabad, Aug. 2009.

145
. Author interviews in Islamabad, Jun. 2011 and Beijing, Jan. 2011.

146
. “Chinese Embassy in Pakistan raises vigilance to protect local Chinese”, CCTV, 27 Oct. 2009,
http://english.cctv.com/program/worldwide-watch/20091027/101719.shtml,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

147
. Ibid.

148
. Author interviews in Islamabad, Jun. 2011.

149
. Author interviews in Beijing, Oct. 2008–Jan. 2013.

150
. Author interviews in Beijing, Oct. 2008.

151
. Jane Perlez, “Rebuffed by China”.

152
. Author interview in Washington, Nov. 2008.

153
. Author interviews in Beijing, Oct. 2008.

154
. “China may raise issue of missing engineers with COAS”,
Pakistan Tribune
, 24 Sep. 2008,
http://www.paktribune.com/news/print.php?id=206042,last
accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

155
. “Taliban claims kidnap of two Chinese in Pakistan”, Reuters, 2 Sep. 2008,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/09/02/us-pakistan-china-idU-SISL20463320080902,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

156
. Pamela Constable, “Islamic law instituted in Pakistan’s Swat Valley”,
Washington Post
, 17 Feb. 2009,
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2009–02–17/world/36797348_1_pakistani-army-swat-valley-afghan-taliban,last
accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

157
. J.T. Quigley, “Commander behind Malala Attack: the Next Pakistani
Taliban Leader”,
The Diplomat
, 7 Nov. 2013,
http://thediplomat.com/2013/11/commander-behind-malala-attack-the-next-pakistani-taliban-leader/,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

158
. Miatthia Gebauer, “Pakistan’s Swat Valley: in the realm of Mullah Fazlullah”,
Spiegel
, 22 Nov. 2007,
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/pakistan-s-swat-valley-in-the-realm-of-mullah-fazlullah-a-518962.html,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

159
. Author interview in Peshawar, Jun. 2013.

160
. Author interviews in Beijing, Oct. 2008.

161
. “Pakistani Taliban militants free Chinese engineer”,
New York Times
, 5 Nov. 2009,
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/world/asia/15iht-pakistan.1.20193519.html,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

162
. Ibid.

163
. “Pakistan govt frees 20 Taliban militants as a goodwill gesture”,
Times of India
, 20 Mar. 2009,
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009–03–20/pakistan/28033613_1_taliban-militants-taliban-prisoners-mus-lim-khan,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

164
. “China may raise issue of missing engineers with COAS”,
Pak Tribune
,
http://www.paktribune.com/news/print.php?id=206042,
last accessed 23 Jan. 2014.

165
. Bruce Riedel, “The Battle for Pakistan”,
Yale Global
, 2 Jun. 2011,
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/battle-pakistan,
last accessed 26 Jan. 2014.

166
. B. Raman, “Another boss for ISI”,
Outlook India
, 30 Sep. 2008,
http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?238542,
last accessed 23 Jan. 2014.

167
. “Pasha replaces Taj as ISI chief ”,
The Nation
, 30 Sep. 2008,
http://www.nation.com.pk/Politics/30-Sep-2008/Pasha-replaces-Taj-as-ISI-chief,
last accessed 26 Jan. 2014.

168
. Author interviews in Beijing, Oct. 2008.

169
. Quoted in Mathieu Duchâtel, “China’s Policy Towards Pakistan And Stability In South Asia”, presentation at the Asia-Pacific Security Forum, Europe Institute for Asian Studies, Brussels, 10–11 Sep. 2010, p. 14.

170
. Bill Roggio, “Taliban Assault Team Attacks Pakistani Navy Base”,
Long War Journal
, 22 May 2011,
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/05/pakistani_navy_base.php,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

171
. Ibid.

172
. “Chinese woman, local companion shot dead”,
The News
, 28 Feb. 2012,
http://www.thenews.com.pk/article-37475-Chinese-woman,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

173
. “Chinese woman was intelligence operative”,
Pak Observer
, 3 Mar. 2013

174
. Tom Wright and Jeremy Page, “China pullout deals blow to Pakistan”,
Wall Street Journal
, 30 Sep. 2011,
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2785832/posts,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

175
. Text of agreement in the China-Pakistan treaty of “friendship, cooperation and good neighbourly relations”, quoted in Naveed Ahmad, “Pakistan China sign historic defense pact”, ISN Security Watch, 6 Apr. 2005,
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/Digital-Library/Articles/Detail/?lng=en&id=107574,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

176
. Author interviews in Beijing, Oct. 2008–Dec. 2012.

6. TEA WITH THE TALIBAN

    
1
. Karen DeYoung, “China says it’s ready to cooperate with U.S.”,
Washington Post
, 21 Sep. 2013,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/china-says-its-ready-to-cooperate-with-us/2013/09/20/add6ed0e-225a11e3-a358–1144dee636dd_story.html,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

    
2
. Ben Farmer, “Hamid Karzai government under fire for oil deal with company run by cousin”,
Telegraph
, 20 Jun. 2012,
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9344450/Hamid-Karzai-government-under-fire-for-oil-deal-with-company-run-by-cousin.html,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

    
3
. Farhan Reza, “Afghan minister, 7 others die in plane crash near Karachi”,
Daily Times
, 25 Feb. 2003,
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/print.asp?page=2003%5C02%5C25%5Cstory_25–2–2003_pg1_7,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014; “Petition—Seeking Answers to the Disappearance of Mr. Mohamadi and the Deaths of His Colleagues”,
e-Ariana
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last accessed 20 Nov. 2013.

    
4
. “Assassination attempt in Afghanistan latest of several”, CNN, 5 Sep. 2002,
http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/09/05/afghan.recent.attacks/,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

    
5
. Masuda Anna Mohamadi, un-named submission to
Kabul Reconstructions
, 31 Mar. 2003,
http://www.kabul-reconstructions.net/images/masuda8.pdf,last
accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

    
6
. Maqbool Ahmed, “SHC moved to amend law limiting compensation at Rs 39,500”,
Daily Times
, 7 Apr. 2006,
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/print.asp?page=2006%5C04%5C07%5Cstory_7–4–2006_pg7_24,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

    
7
. Author interviews in Washington, DC, Jan. 2013.

    
8
. Ron Synovitz, “China: Afghan investment reveals larger strategy”, Radio Free Europe, 29 May 2008,
http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1144514.html,last
accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

    
9
. Alikuzai, Hamid Wahed,
A Concise History of Afghanistan in 25 Volumes:
Volume 1, Bloomington, IN: Trafford Publishing, 2013, p. 707.

    
10
. “Aynak Information Package: Part I Introduction”, Afghanistan Geological Survey (AGS) and British Geological Survey (BGS), 2005, p. 3,
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/afghanminerals/docs/tenders/Aynak/PartI_Aynak_Information_Package.pdf,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

    
11
. “Al Qaeda aims at the American Homeland”, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States,
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report_Ch5.htm,
last accessed 9 Dec. 2013.

    
12
. “Chinese embassy in Kabul reopened”, Xinhua, 6 Feb. 2002,
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002–02/06/content_270885.htm,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

    
13
. Yeager, James R.,
The Aynak Copper Tender: Implications for Afghanistan and the West
, Tucson: Skyline Laboratories and Assayers, Oct. 2009, p. 5.

    
14
. Zhao Jianfei, “A long march to Kabul”,
Caijing Magazine
, 7 Jan. 2008, available in
MCC Times
,
http://www.mcc.com.cn/MCCZZ/mcctimes010.pdf,
last accessed 19. Nov. 2013.

    
15
. Michael Wines, “China willing to spend big on Afghan commerce”,
New York Times
, 29 Dec. 2009,
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/world/asia/30mine.html?pagewanted=all,
last accessed 27 Jan. 2014.

    
16
. Ibid.

    
17
. Erica S. Downs, “China Buys into Afghanistan”,
SAIS Review
, Vol. XXXII, No. 2, Summer-Fall 2012, pp. 65–84.

    
18
. Steven A. Zyck, “The Role of China in Afghanistan’s Economic Development & Reconstruction”,
Afghanistan In Transition
, Mar. 2012,
https://www.cimicweb.org/cmo/afg/Documents/Economic/Role_of_China_in_Afghanistan_Economy_Development.pdf,
last accessed 26 Jan. 2014.