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Beijing has never abandoned or isolated Islamabad over the years, and continues to provide it sustenance in many forms armaments, nuclear know know, intelligence gathering, strategic support, money when Pakistan needs it, important projects, and other things the world does not know enough about.
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How has the China Pakistan relationship evolved over the years? Do you believe it is as strong and resilient as ever?
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Or are the ‘unshakable bonds of friendship,’ as Islamabad deems the relationship, as strong as ever?
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But there are consistent features India still provides the strategic glue, and it remains a relationship dominated by security calculations, despite efforts to add a stronger economic component.
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There have been tensions over the issue of Uighur militant safe havens, as well as major problems facing Chinese investments, and naturally China has its concerns about Pakistan’s broader trajectory. But that certainly hasn’t led to a fundamental reassessment on Beijing’s part.
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If you had to identify five reasons for this relationship lasting as long as it has, what would they be?
What have China and Pakistan respectively gained from this relationship?
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There has always been a sense that even though the two sides come from very different strategic cultures, and may not agree tactically, a strong, canada goose deals capable Pakistan is a Chinese asset in its own right and Beijing will provide consistent support to ensure that some degree of balance in south Asia is maintained.
There was certainly pressure on the relationship in the 1990s, when the China India relationship was normalising and China was prioritising economic goals in its international diplomacy.
That was the period in which talk of developing greater balance in ties between India and Pakistan took off in Beijing, and Jiang Zemin’s visit to the two countries in 1996, when Canada Goose Jackets he appeared to pull back from Chinese commitments on Kashmir, is seen by many on the Pakistani side as something of a low point.
The phase after (Pakistan military ruler Pervez) Musharraf’s fall was also tricky China struggled to get a handle on Pakistani politics during a period where they couldn’t just channel everything through a single, Canada Goose Parka dominant canada goose black friday sale army figure.
But although all the twists and canada goose outlet turns are interesting, the underlying aspects of military cooperation have persisted and deepened.