China About to Start $35B of Silk Road Plan in Pakistan
Another traditional US ally re-aligning itself between the two major spheres of influence. The balance will tip further in China&#x27;s favor as the USA recedes further from global development.<p>What&#x27;s interesting is if you look at the parallel international institutions that China are developing that will compete with the IMF et al, many of the partners are traditional and very close allies of the United States.<p>For ex. with the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank, six of the top ten participants are all traditional very close allies of the United States - including Australia, France, the UK and South Korea[0]<p>Long before Trump, Obama lobbied the leaders of these nations and advised against joining the AIIB, to no avail[1] All that post-war development and planning of building up the US sphere of influence slowly and steadily fading away.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Asian_Infrastructure_Investment_Bank" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Asian_Infrastructure_Investmen...</a><p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;us-europe-asia-bank-idUSKBN0MD0B320150317" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;us-europe-asia-bank-idUSKBN0M...</a>