Does anyone remember the early mid 2010s when Pakistanis were talking about China Pakistan Economic Corridor like it would solve all their problems and make Pakistan so economically advanced it would leave India way way behind.

Ther terms "game changer", "checkmating the west and India", "iron brothers" etc were embarrassingly used in every Pakistani news publication.

I have fond memories of arguing on reddit with some Pakistanis that were convinced that CPEC will steal all IT jobs in India. (Like how?)

Anyway, let this be a lesson. If something sounds too good to be true, it's because it is.

Oh found this nugget:

>CPEC's potential impact on Pakistan has been compared to that of the Marshall Plan undertaken by the United States in post-war Europe. Pakistani officials predict that CPEC will result in the creation of upwards of 2.3 million jobs between 2015 and 2030, and add 2 to 2.5 percentage points to the country's annual economic growth.