Pakistan-China business relations

[Alchemy]

Oh yeah? So why is Sino-Pak trade stagnating at $14 billion? In contrast Sino-Indian trade is $60 billion at present and slated to reach $100 billion by 2015!

Ironical, isn't it?

And if Sino-Pak friendship is deeper than the oceans, higher than the mountains and sweeter than honey, then why had China refused to bail out Pakistan and declined the $7 billion it wanted? Needless to say, Pakistan had to run to the IMF which imposed stiff demands on it for compliance.

Then whatever happened to the much touted $200 million that China had promised for reconstruction and rehabilitation of Pakistan's flood victims? Only $43 million have been handed out so far. The remainder is just lip service!

Alternate options to arrange funds for construction of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline had been considered after the Chinese bank backed off from financing the project due to geopolitical reasons.

China has refused to be involved in building a naval base in Gwadar. While Pakistan wants China to build it, Beijing is more interested in setting up military bases either in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan or in the Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA) that border Xinjiang province for obvious reasons - to control terrorists operating from there against China's national interests.

The Chinese, apart from some 'moral' support, did nothing to help Pakistan during 1965, 1971, and Kargil wars.

So putting all this in perspective, what is this Pak-China 'friendship' all about? Can someone please enlighten us? It's just one way traffic. The bottom line is that China is using Pakistan solely as its proxy to protect its Indian flank. Period!

China has never helped Pakistan either militarily(as seen on the past 3 wars) and in trade we all know they do much more trade n b with Indians than with Pakistan .... Its only lip sympathies that Pakistan gets !!!

Probably Pakistan has got more from their association with Uncle Sam than with China

 

[fly2012]

This is the most comprehensive analysis I read on enhancing Pakistan-China economic cooperation. Things like more people exchange is not hard to implement. As to the size of bilateral trade, let's not hope that it will change overnight as we cannot force business people to do something unless there's a profit. As the author mentions, it is important for Pakistan to improve manufacturing capacities since it is critical for developing countries to improve industrial skills as well as absorbing unskilled labors. As the cost of labor goes up in China, certain sectors will move elsewhere and it is natural to move them to Pakistan if two governments can guide it. This is a good opportunity similar to that in 1980s when these jobs were shifted from Japan/Korea/Taiwan/Hongkong to mainland China.

 

[OrionHunter]

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Don't be arrogant enough to stick your mug, in the bilateral relations of two sovereign countries, our relationship is of no-ones concern except Pakistanis and Chinese.

Oh? So discussing Sino-Pak bilateral relations is arrogance? You need to get your head examined. When you don't have answers to the questions I raised you hide behind ridiculous retorts that make you look like a verbose dimwit.

let me tell you this, in the strategic world, India = Pakistan, we are the only country in the region can make the whole India in debris.

A couple of smileys speak louder than a thousand words!