In this photograph taken on October 4, 2017, Pakistani labourers walk through Gwadar port.
Remote and impoverished, Pakistan's Gwadar port at first glance seems an unlikely crown jewel in a multi-billion dollar development project with China aimed at constructing a 21st century Silk Road. Situated on a barren peninsula in the Arabian Sea, Gwadar, or the "gate of the wind", owes its fortuitous selection as Pakistan's next economic hub to its strategic location near the Strait of Hormuz. / AFP PHOTO / AMELIE HERENSTEIN / TO GO WITH 'PAKISTAN-CHINA-DIPLOMACY-INFRASTRUCTURE-ECONOMY', FOCUS BY AMELIE HERENSTEIN (Photo credit should read AMELIE HERENSTEIN/AFP via Getty Images)