The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) seems to have hit a roadblock with Beijing refusing to expand cooperation over energy, water and climate change. According to a report in Pakistan’s The Express Tribune, Islamabad gave up its opposition to setting up a new imported coal-fired power plant in Gwadar and also agreed to a number of Chinese demands to address Beijing’s concerns. Quoting the signed minutes of the 11th Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) of the CPEC, the report said: “The details showed that China did not agree to a host of measures that Pakistan had proposed in the areas of energy,...