PREREQUISITES AND INITIAL STAGES OF THE CHINESE PAKISTAN ECONOMIC INTERACTION
The article is devoted to the historical aspect of the exclusively important topic of implementing a large-scale and long-term project of the KPEC (the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor). On its essence and features, see the articles of this issue of «Eastern analysts» by SN Kamenev and I. N. Serenko. The author’s task is to analyze the events that led to the emergence of a carefully designed joint plan for huge Chinese investment in the economy of Pakistan. Initial investment estimates ($46 billion) rose to $62 billion, and the implementation interval for most of the projects was just over 12 years (2017- 2030). In connection with the scale of the plans, a natural question arises about their feasibility. Hence the urgency of considering the facts that preceded the emergence of recent agreements and the elucidation of the reasons for the successes and failures of the initial stages of the implementation of certain plans that are at the heart of a multidisciplinary project that claims to be of profound strategic importance.