Chinese port and highway in Pakistan

Muslim world and former USSR on new Chinese-backed port and mega highway project in Pakistan

Only Tribunnews covered Gwadar: cargo is booming, but insecurity and local hardship hang over it

One outlet out of about seventy covered the Chinese-backed port and corridor project. Indonesia's Tribunnews ran an explanatory piece built on a Lowy Institute analysis. It credits Gwadar with record transshipment volumes as ships avoid Hormuz, but says Pakistan is 'racing against time' to show the port is more than an emergency logistics base. Nobody in the set is angry. Tribunnews, 28 Sep

1. Indonesia Tribunnews 2/10 at its hottest, 1 piece
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68. Iran Khabar Online Nothing on this
69. Afghanistan Etilaatroz Nothing on this
70. Afghanistan Amu TV (Pashto) Nothing on this
71. Afghanistan Khaama Press (Pashto) Nothing on this
72. Kurdistan Region (Iraq) Lvin Nothing on this
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Blind spots: Rudaw (Sorani) (Kurdistan Region of Iraq), Imedi (Georgia), 1TV (Georgian Public Broadcaster) (Georgia), Etilaatroz.

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   Tribunnews says Pakistan is 'racing against time to prove that Gwadar Port is not merely an emergency geopolitical logistics base, but a stable, long-term centre of economic growth.'

   This is the sharpest line in the coverage. It casts the cargo surge as a windfall from the Hormuz disruption rather than proof the project works, which suggests the boom may not last. The tone is cautionary, not hostile. Tribunnews, 28 Sep

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   Tribunnews singles out the clean-water crisis and unmet basic needs of local people outside the port area, and says the local government 'has not fully resolved' them.

   This brings Balochistan's local grievances in front of a large Indonesian mass-market audience. If the story spreads, this is the angle most likely to grow. Tribunnews, 28 Sep

Read the full Muslim world and former USSR lens: 1 translated article.