Ye 3.6 arab dollar ka gehra pānī ke bandar ka project ek machhlīgaṛon se bhara shahar ko tabdeel karne ka irāda rakhta hai aur South America ko seedha taur par Asia se jodne ka maqsad hai, lekin isne qaumī suraksha ke asarat par fikr paida ki hai.
Chancay, Peru — Peru ke Pacific coast par waqaya is qadeem machhli-gaah shehar ki zindagi tez tabdeel hone wali hai.
Chancay mein, jo kay Lima se kuch 45 miles door hai, aik badi gehra paani ka bandar container ships ke liye ban raha hai, or isay barah-e-rast China ki taraf se maali madad di ja rahi hai, jo Peru ka sab se bara tijarat karne wala partner hai. Ye bandar duniya ke sab se bare shehron mein se kuch ko mehman nawaz karega or China ke liye Latin America mein ek maqami markaz ka kaam karega, jo ke tareekhi tor par United States ki hukoomat ne apne investement aur asar ki dabaz mein qaim kia hai.
Mega-port ke banane wale or Chinese aur Peru ki hukoomat ke afraad ke mutabiq, ye mahaul ko taraqqi dene wala hai or duniya bhar ke shipping routes ko dobara banane mein madad karega. Lekin Chancay ke rehaishi, jinhon ne is project mein thori si bhi shirkat na ki or jo ke takreeban 60,000 ki aabadi ka shehar hai, ke mutabiq, unko is $3.6 arab ki project mein kam say kam kuch kehne ka haq nahi diya gaya hai.
Ye bandar San Francisco se 4,500 miles door hai, jahan President Joe Biden or Chinese President Xi Jinping Wednesday ko Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference ke sidelines par mulaqat karnay wale hain, lekin geographically Chancay America ke “20-yard line” par hai, jaisa ke U.S. Southern Command ke sarbrah, General Laura Richardson, ne kaha hai.
Khufia suroorat ka shor machaya gaya hai ke China ki madad se port mein ki gayi investment ke national security per asarat ho saktay hain, khaas kar jab Xi ne bar-bar yeh khwahish zahir ki hai ke woh China ko “bahir-haalat superpower” banaye. Port ke banane wale ne kaha hai ke yeh sirf tijarat ke liye hai.
Miriam Arce, aik community leader jiskay walid machhli-gaar the, ka khaas shor macha hai: ke uske bachpan ke machhli-gaar boats ghayab ho jayengi, or U.S. or China ke darmiyan barhti hui muqablay mein unki jagah freighters le lengi, duniya ke do sab se bare muassireen ke darmiyan.
“Both countries are in conflict,” kehti hain Arce, aik 52 saal ki kalakar. “We are in the middle of this conflict. And Chancay is very small.”
Aik tez raste tak pahunchna Asia ki taraf
NBC News ko Chancay Port complex mein wusat dainay ka haq diya gaya, jo ke 60% hadood e Jamhooriat China ki company Cosco ki, jo ke duniya ke baray tareen shipping companies mein se aik hai, or 40% hadood e Jamhooriat Peru ki mining company Volcan ki hai.
Haali mein kisi daur mein, diggers or trucks sandy brown zameen ko hata rahe thay jabke doosray cargo ships ke liye berth bana rahe thay. Kayi so workers, jinmein se ziyadatar China se laaye gaye the, jinmein mainly specialists, engineers or machinery operators shamil the, Peru ke logon ke sath kaam kar rahe thay, inki milaawat ki ginti Cosco ke mutabiq 2,200 thi.
Company chahti hai ke mega-port ke pehle marhale ko pura kar liya jaye, jo ke Xi ke signature Belt and Road infrastructure initiative ka hissa hai, takay Chinese leader Peru ko dobara APEC conference ke liye 2024 mein ziyarat karne par milay.
“Main sochta hoon ke yeh port Peru ke bohat se logon ki zindagi ko tabdeel karega or taraqqi ko barhaye ga or tijarat mein izafay ko bharpoor karay ga,” kehta hai retire Admiral Gonzálo Ríos Polastri, Cosco Shipping Ports ke Chancay mein deputy general manager.
Peru ke trade minister, Juan Carlos Mathews, ka kehna hai ke yeh port South America se Asia tak ka shipping time bohat kam karay ga, jo ke Peru ko foreign trade mein zyada muqabla karne mein madad karega or ilaakay ke exporters ke liye costs ko kam karay ga.
“Ye naya infrastructure sirf Peruvian companies ke liye hi nahi, balkay Chile, Colombia, Brazil or doosray ilaqay jo Asia mein business kar rahe hain, unke liye bhi aik shandar asasaat hai,” unhon ne London mein guzishta haftay mein kaha.
Peru ke Chinese ambassador, Song Yang, kehta hai ke Chancay Peru ka version of Shanghai ban sakta hai, jo ke duniya ka sab se bara bandargah shehar hai.
Ríos ne ye bhi keh dia ke China ki role ko project mein financing denay mein kum diya gaya hai.
“Countries nahi, companies hain,” kehta hai. “Ye woh investor hai jo ek search ke baad investment bank ke sath project mein pahuncha, or unhon ne is project ko kamyaab banaya or haqiqi banaya.”
Lekin Chancay ke port ka maqsad South America ko China ke sath joor dena hai, jo ke uska sab se bara tijarat karne wala partner hai, or Asia ko bhi. Haan ke Cosco duniya bhar mein 38 ports chala raha hai, lekin Chancay ka yeh uska pehla port hai South America mein.
Company aik “smart port” ka wada kar rahi hai jo automation or taaza digital technology par chale ga, jiska maqsad South America se Asia tak jane wale saman ko 10 din ya is se zyada kam karne mein madad karna hai or isay U.S. or Mexico ke stopovers se door rakhna hai.
Trans-Pacific safar ko ab tak kam se kam 35 din lagte hain or isme Long Beach, California jese ports par rukawat hoti hai. Lekin jab ye port khule ga, Ríos ke mutabiq, mal Chancay se Shanghai tak sirf 20 din mein p