Pakistan ranks Number 1 in China influence index
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Pakistan ranks Number 1 in the 82 countries on which China has most influence, says a report called The China Index.
Released by Doublethink Lab, Taiwan, the report measures China's global influence in nine domains: Academia, Domestic Politics, Economy, Foreign Policy, Law Enforcement, Media, Military, Society, and Technology. Each of these domains contains 11 Indicators corresponding to an observable phenomenon of Chinese influence.
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Top three domains in Pakistan where China has influence are: Technology, Foreign Policy and Military.
The least influence is in the domains of Society and Law Enforcement.
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Cambodia, Singapore and Thailand are at Number 2, Number 3, and Number 4 in the China Index respectively.
You can view the full report here.
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Wali Zahid
Wali Zahid is a longtime China watcher and a Pakistan futurist. An award-winning journalist, he writes on issues of significance to Pakistan and CPEC & BRI.
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