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Pakistan was ahead of China only a few decades ago, don't get too excited.
Arab governments don't matter to us, no so called "Muslim" governments matter to us. They all suck, so does ours.
Clearly, China does considering how much you are pouring into us.
Believe me, we could have made it without you.
Indeed China was quite behind Pakistan in terms of per capita economy and global relations not too long ago. Pakistan actually opened many doors for China for example it facilitated the opening up of China through the secret meeting with Kissinger a few years before the offical announcement through Pakistan and other opportunities. Some countries look to China in awe but Chinese people don't we always complain about this not being better and that should be improved, in reality we have a sense of urgency to catch up with the west not thinking we are ahead of everyone. But industrialisation was something China had more than all developing nations even when it was really poor (post 1949). There is a saying in China in those times "勒緊褲腰帶也要搞出原子彈" translates to "We need to produce the atomic bomb even if we have to tighten our belts" It means we need to create an atom bomb even if we are starving, it played into a greater national goal set by Mao of being entirely industrially independent, thats why today China is the only country with all of the industrial categories domestically (US has 95%). Chinese can be crazy in that sense, we rather starve to death then not achieve industrialisation (due to historical reason) even if its out dated technology we still have to have something to show for it. The overly sensationalised Evil Mao narrative of him killing 70 million Chinese in reality is his failed economic policy of industrialising the country through trading wheat/grains for machines with the USSR. He thought there was an agricultral surplus because local officals lied to him to look good so the central government taxed only the surplus and traded for machines when in reality there was no surplus and 20 million died as a result. I guess thats how crazy we are about industrialisation.
All of the industrial products were made in China because it was isolated, much like why Iran has the most complete industrial system in the middle east.
China maintained a complete industrial system isolated from market forces even when it was poor and starving, my grandmother always reminds me how she didn't have enough to eat. A big factor to China's rise in technology and industry after market reforms is because China already had a complete industrial system for 20-30 years leading up to reforms. All of the research and manufacturing institutions were in place and all they had to do was absorb information from the developed nations through joint ventures. Give the technology to a less industrially developed nation and they cant even copy it. Had China not maintained the complete system it not be able to have the leverage it has today.
China's investment into Pakistan has nothing to do with religion nor does it think pakistan is too unstable, it simply sees Pakistan as a worth while strategic partner that needs industrialisation, something China can help with. Of course its not charity, Pakistan doesn't need charity just stable energy, I think if thats done Pakistani entrepreneurs can manage the rest. I have friends from Pakistan who talk about regular blackouts in industrial zones, which kills any opportunity of investment.
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