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The agreement was part of an overall tightening of association with China for Pakistan, which resulted in Pakistan's distancing from the United States. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] After defining borders, the two countries also entered into agreements with respect to trade and air-travel, the latter of which was the first such international agreement ...
Trade between China and Pakistan hit a 12-month figure of $12 billion for the first time in 2012. [114] 2013 – On 5 July 2013, Pakistan and China approved the Pak-China Economic Corridor which will link Pakistan's Gwadar Port on the Arabian Sea and Kashgar in Xinjiang in northwest China.
In December 2004, Pakistan concluded an agreement with the China Scholarship Council to send official scholarship students to China; the first batch of 300 were scheduled to enroll at 15 different universities in China in June 2005, with later batches of 500 each over the following five years.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari accused UN Human Rights Office report on Xinjiang were “taken out of context”, [47] and Pakistan supports China's activities for socio-economic development, harmony and peace, and stability. [48] A cornerstone of the success of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). CPEC ...
The China–Pakistan Axis: Asia's New Geopolitics is a book written in 2015 by the British author Andrew Small that explores the cultural and political relationship between China and Pakistan, with China being described as Pakistan's greatest economic hope and trusted military partner.
The book is divided into ten chapters that discuss and evaluate the anticipated economic and geopolitical effects on the region. In addition, it investigates the role of CPEC in the future regional cooperation and integration of subnational regions such as Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (including the Federally Administered Tribal Areas), and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Xi was to visit Pakistan in 2014 during his South Asia trip to India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives but postponed it due to political unrest. [8] In February 2015, some reports of Xi Jinping's trip to Pakistan to attend the Pakistan Day Parade came in the backdrop of US President Barack Obama's second visit to India to attend the Delhi Republic Day parade. [9]
The road project is related to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, which aims to provide China and Central Asia access to Pakistani ports. After the development of Gawadar Port in Balochistan province of Pakistan, development of this route became more lucrative particularly for Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. For Pakistan its importance has ...