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August 27, 2010

China's Discreet Hold on Pakistan's Northern Border

Selig Harrison, International Herald Tribune

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While the world focuses on the flood-ravaged Indus River valley, a quiet geopolitical crisis is unfolding in the Himalayan borderlands of northern Pakistan.

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TAGGED: Gilgit-Baltistan, China, Pakistan

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