CPEC - A Game of Energy and Economic Stability: Study of Prospects for China through Gawadar Seaport

China does not have any hot waters seaport that could be used round the whole year and the seaport of Shanghai has been 4500 Km away from industrial areas of China, on account of which it has been adopting an approach for interlinking its western and southern regions through admittance to warm waters with the establishment of oil and gas pipelines from the CARs to ancient Silk Route transit trade route (via Pakistan) through Chinese province of Xinjiang. Pakistan has been positioned in close proximity to South & Central Asia as well as West Asian countries, which has been providing the shortest admittance of sea to the landlocked (CARs) Central Asian Republics and West Chinese regions. The emerging economy of China and proximity of Seaport to the Strait of Hormuz is a pivotal feature of Gawadar making it prominent in the world. The development of Gawadar Seaport and Special Economic Zone (SZE) at Kashgar may have potential for revival of ancient Silk Route. The proximity of Xinjiang to Gawadar will make it viable and cost-effective to China for carrying out of trade through the seaport of Gawadar that has been situated at the pivot of the Gulf region, the Central Asia, Africa and Europe. China has strategic interests to reach out blue waters of the Arabian Sea reflecting tactical moves by China in Gawadar which, means potential staging ground for Beijing in order to exercise influence alongside the shipment traffic lane of the Gulf because 60% energy demands of China streams through the Gulf region that China has been using currently for importing oil from the Middle East paying huge transport cost for distance of 16000 Km. This paper makes an analysis of the prospects for China in terms of energy and economic imperatives through Gawadar Seaport under proposed China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)