China-Pakistan relations

The two sides agreed to launch the $10-billion high-speed Karachi-Peshawar rail project and President Xi promised Pakistan help in dealing with its financial crisis.

While perceptions of China have soured in many parts of the world, very few Pakistanis have anything but positive sentiments toward Beijing.

It has promised to pay $200 million to four Chinese power producers but that is just a fraction of the money owed to China.

India has raised objections to the possibility of China and Pakistan involving third countries in the CPEC.

China doesn’t think so and is pressuring Islamabad to deploy Chinese private security personnel to guard its projects and nationals in Pakistan.

Even as war in Europe grinds on, Washington should not lose sight of the frightening implications of recent developments in South Asia.

The case study of CPEC reveals how provincial officials in China and counterparts abroad are the real drivers for the BRI.

The director of the Chinese-built Confucius Institute in Karachi and two teachers were killed in a blast outside the University of Karachi.

Chinese projects in Pakistan are too strong to be uprooted by the possible fall of Imran Khan’s government.

The joint statement issued during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Beijing was silent on any Chinese hard cash investment in CPEC projects.

China bowed out of security talks on Afghan in New Delhi, but will join a similar meeting in Pakistan held the next day.