Abstract
This study aimed to explore the importance of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
(CPEC) and its impact on language and culture in Pakistan. There are some
causes in changing the trend or ratio of some specific language learners in a
region which has great importance. For instance, English language is famous
among the students of some areas because they have their all academic subjects
are taught in English. In such condition the people have become a bilingual or
multilingual in the region. The CPEC is also expected to facilitate in promoting
the language and culture and prosperity to both China and Pakistan. CPEC is
also asserted a ‘game changer’ in economic development as well as language and
culture changer in the region of South Asia, particularly in Pakistan. With
numerous opportunities, it provides many challenges. The paper highlights the
closer bilateral cooperation between two countries to create a community of
cultural industries and language centers to build up a cultural ecosystem that
could be shared by two nations. The researcher has applied qualitative type of
research in the study. The secondary data is used in this study. The findings
describe that the Chinese language learners’ future will be bright and successful
because they will have more good jobs opportunities in future as compare to other
language learners. So, it has been proved via findings that CPEC is becoming a
cause of language changer in Pakistan. Radio and television industry folk arts and
crafts industry，performing arts industry，festival exhibition, cultural relic and
museum systems, publishing industry, advertising industry, the entertainment
industry, sports industry, printing and packaging industry, cultural education and
healthcare, cultural agricultural tourism, emerging cultural industry and new
cultural formats by using digital technology and network information technology,
cultural equipment manufacturing industry, and cooperative training of creative
talents in cultural industry, and some other related fields. It omens well that under
Muhammad Asif, Deng Zhiyong, Irfan Ullah, Maria Nisar, Ruqia Kalsoom. (2019) The Study on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a Language and Culture Changer in Pakistan, Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society, Volume 32, Issue 1.
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