The China-Pakistan economic corridor

Coastal

highway

1

200 km

200 miles

2 | Gwadar

Access to shipping routes to the south, west and Gulf

3 | Khunjerab Pass

Access to trade route into China and central Asian republics

1 | Insurgent strongholds

A new road network promises shorter journeys for exports from western China but crosses separatist areas in Balochistan

2

3

China

Karakoram Highway

Islamabad

India

Afghanistan

Pakistan

Karachi,

Sindh

Quetta

Current

sea routes

Karakoram Highway

Trade route into China and central Asian republics

Shipping routes to the south, west and Gulf

Insurgent strongholds

A new road network promises shorter journeys for exports from western China but crosses separatist areas in Balochistan

Kabul

Islamabad

India

Turkmenistan

Afghanistan

Balochistan

province

China

Pakistan

Gwadar

Khunjerab

Pass

Karachi, Sindh

Quetta

Coastal

highway

Abbottabad,

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

200 km

200 miles