Abstract
This paper analyses the bilateral cooperation between China and Pakistan specifically in the arena of nuclear cooperation. While describing the chronological civil nuclear collaboration between the two friendly nations it states that both countries cultivated a natural partnership with each other to further strengthen the bilateral ties. Historical cooperation between China and Pakistan in terms of Nuclear Technology was analyzed in the face of the opposition of international regimes critical to nuclear proliferation. To apply neo-realist paradigm, it is concluded that strategic cooperation in terms of nuclear technology is in the interest of both China and Pakistan for two reasons: Fist to balance their belligerent neighboring country India; second, countering the United States involvement in the region. To fulfill Pakistan’s growing energy requirements, Pakistan, must continue its nuclear cooperation and extend it to the scientific research. This cooperation made Pakistan self-sufficient to meet the energy needs and opened new avenues of opportunities. This paper recommends that the strategic partnership between the two nations is inevitable for maintaining balance of power in the region. This research paper will highlight Sino-Pakistan nuclear cooperation in historical as well as in the context of emerging trends of strategic developments, such as the Indo-US nuclear agreement. The Sino-Pakistani nuclear deals aims to meet Pakistan’s growing energy demand. In strategic context, the Sino-Pakistan cooperation aims to maintain balance of power in the region. Data collection will include both primary and secondary sources.
Highlights
D providing nuclear energy technology, is a landmark step to fulfill Islamabad’s energy requirements
The agreement was signed between Canadian general electric company and government of Pakistan on 24th of May 1965, the nuclear reactor was under the IAEA safeguards (Siddiqui & Qureshi, 2005)
Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP)-I was inaugurated in November 1972, but due India’s “peaceful nuclear explosion”, the supply of nuclear facilities to Pakistan as well as India were refused by the Canadian firm in 1973
Summary
Planning Commission of Pakistan announced in June 2013 that Chinese government would provide Pakistan with two 1000 MW CNNC power reactors, used for both KANUPP II and KANUPPIII. CNNC announced the signing of an arrangement with Pakistan for the provision of the ACP1000 (1100 MW) (Nelson, 2014). In August 2013, CEAP signed contracts with CNNC, China Zhongyuan Engineering Co. Ltd., China Nuclear Energy Institute, and East China Electrical Power Design Institute for the building of the power plant in coastal Karachi. China Nuclear Engineering & Construction Group Co. Ltd. Was awarded the tender in April 2015, for construction and civil engineering works for the plant's conventional island, which would use the Hualong-I reactor. China has offered fuel supplies for the complete life cycle of a facility that is sixty years (International Atomic Energy Aourity, 2015)
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