Chinese building up military in Pakistan

Alarm bells are ringing in the Indian security establishment, Army Chief Gen VK Singh on Wednesday confirmed the presence of some 4,000 Chinese, including troops belonging to the People’s Liberation Army of China in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK). This is not only a threat to India, but who else is fighting in Pakistan right now? Umm, we are!!! When you get a chance, check out this site; Pakistan Military review; fun reading on what's happening in Pakistan.

(Daily News India)
What is the Chinese strategic rationale to establish military bases in Pakistan? Evidently, the Chinese strategy is to get access to the Arabian Sea and similar to US military presence in the Af- Pak region, to curb Islamic fundamentalism that threatens the stability and security of Xinjiang.

Till now, the Sino-Pakistan military relationship was confined to arms transfers or joint development of weapon systems, which implied an indirect Chinese threat posed through Pakistan to India. But now with Chinese military presence in Pakistan, this amounts to a direct potential threat to India. Evidently, a Chinese presence evokes broader security concerns with regional and extra-regional ramifications.

Now India not only has to cope with the massive development of Chinese military infrastructure along the 4,057-kilometer long Line of Actual Control — especially in the Tibet Autonomous Region— but also a Chinese military presence along the volatile 778-kilometer-long Line of Control between India and Pakistan that re-aligns the strategic environment in South Asia.