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DISCUSSION PAPER How is the China Pakistan Media Collaboration Booming Under CPEC? CPPG Discussion Paper 02-2021 Forman Christian College (A Chartered University) A BY LOVE SERVE ONE ANOTHER Estd. 1864

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DISCUSSION PAPER

How is the China Pakistan Media

Collaboration Booming Under CPEC?

CPPG Discussion Paper 02-2021

Forman Christian College(A Chartered University)

A

BY LOVE SERVE ONE ANOTHER

Estd. 1864

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Abstract

This discussion paper aims to investigate three questions; how has media engagement

between China and Pakistan taken shape under the CPEC canopy? Second, how is it

transforming Pakistan’s mediascape and cinematic interactions? Third, how is ‘Islamic’

Pakistan and ‘Communist’ China’s cultural cohabitation evolving? This paper argues that

media collaboration emerging through CPEC shows resilience of China-Pakistan ties

and that it is an expression of Belt and Road Initiative’s (BRI) broader vision of expanding

China’s culture and soft power across the ‘silk road’.

Key words: BRI, CPEC, Media Forum, Islamic culture, Chinese marriage, Karakoram

Highway

Introduction

Media collaboration can and does play a critical role in deepening diplomatic ties and building and sustaining defence and strategic relationship as the case of China and Pa-NLVWDQ�H[HPSOL¿HV��7KH�WZR�KDYH�EHHQ�FR�RSHUDWLQJ�RYHU�WKLV�QDUUDWLYH�EXLOGLQJ�VLQFH�WKH�HDUO\�����¶V��%RWK�FRXQWULHV�EXWWUHVVHG�D�QHZV�H[FKDQJH�DJUHHPHQW�LQ������EHWZHHQ�WKH�SUHPLHU�QHZV�DJHQFLHV�RI�WKH�WZR�FRXQWULHV��;LQKXD��&KLQD��DQG�$VVRFLDWHG�3UHVV�RI�3DNLVWDQ��7KLV�SDUWQHUVKLS�GHYHORSHG�DORQJ�ZLWK�WKH�VWUDWHJLF�REMHFWLYHV�VKDUHG�E\�ERWK�

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Dialogue ReportQuarterly

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Disclaimer:This Research Report is made possible by the support of the American people through United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this report are the sole responsibility of Centre for Public Policy and Governance (CPPG), FC College (A Chartered University) and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.

Anti-Terror Laws, Policing and the Criminal Justice System:

A Case Study of Anti Terrorist Efforts in Punjab

Policing, Custodial Torture and Human Rights:Designing a Policy Framework for Pakistan

Rabia Chaudhry

Electoral Politics and Electoral Violencein 2013 Elections: The Case of Punjab

Saeed ShafqatMaheen Saleem Khosa

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For the past three years at the CPPG, we have been debating to convert the Quarterly into a journal. But we also feel that its current format though demanding is robust. At the same time, we have been trying to evaluate our seminars, policy dialogues, in which national and international scholars are invited to share their research and express their views on issues and explore policy choices that confront Pakistan, across the region and glob-ally. This issue is a backlog of our seminars and policy dialogues; during the years 2011 -12, the CPPG had the honor of hosting eminent national and international scholars who shared their ideas with the CPPG partici-pants on matters related to critical issues; nuclear weapons and their safety, Indo-Pakistan relations, US- Pakistan relations, urbanization challenges, the relevance of French public service for Pakistan, colonial rule and its impact on Punjab—the range and choice of topics are vibrant, live and...cont. page 14

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Reforming the Energy Sector of Pakistan:

The Case of Punjab Informal Sector and Urban Policy

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Dr. Saeed Shafqat

Professor and Founding Director, Centre for Public Policy and Governance

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The Centre for Public Policy & Governance (CPPG) in collabora on with Church World Service-Pakistan/Afghanistan) (CWS-P/A) organized two the-ma c deliber ve sessions tled State & Democracy and Leadership & Governance on 15 - 16 April 2014 respec vely, for up to 25 cipants each day. Both organiza ons had observed considerable ambiguity or lack of understanding of the above c areas among poten al civil society stakeholders. Thus, the ve was to provide theore cal, conceptual and interpre ve understanding about State and Democracy, and Leader-ship and Governance through intera ve sessions with the cipants. These sessions linked the theor cal constructs and inte onal case studies of each topic to their current contextual understanding in Pakistan.

State and Democracy:

According to German sociologist, Max Weber, state ‘monopolizes coercion’ and thus no person or group has the right to challenge its mate au-thority’. Karl Marx treats state as an instrument of the ‘dominant class’, while the American Sociologist, C. Wright Mills reminds us that in order to understand the working of a state, one needs to understand it’s ‘ins tu- onal landscape’. While one can take any one of the above stated ons

and further elaborate its theore cal assump ons by falling back on Aristo-tle and Plato, fi ve components can be considered as cons tu ng a state.

Five Components of Satea) Territory – piece of land is a prerequisite. The size of this land, big, me-dium, small could become signifi cant on what role it chooses to play in the world, but without possessing territory, a state is diffi cult to conceive.

b) Po on – the size and make up of this on is important but not essen al. People hold key to the fo on and existence of a state. However, there can be people on a territory who may not have a state, for example, the Pale nians.

c) Sovereignty – speaking theore cally, the state must be sovereign. Today, however, this concept has developed a blurry penumbra. Due to technolog-

Saba Shahid and Bushra Arfeen

March 2021

CPPG Discussion Paper 01-2021

DISCUSSION PAPERBridging the Gender and Digital

Divide in Post COVID-19 Pakistan:Empowering Women Through ICT

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