Timeline of China-Pakistan Friendship

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Chinese President Hu Jintao, making the first visit to Pakistan by a Chinese president in a decade, promised to bolster his country's ties with its old ally to a new level. Following are some of the most important events in relations between the two neighbors.


- 1950 - Pakistan becomes third non-communist country, and first Muslim one, to recognize China.

-1951 - Beijing and at the time Karachi established diplomatic relations between themselves in the month of May.

-1970 - Pakistan helps US make contacts with China that result in visit to China by then US National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger in 1971.

-1978 - Karakoram Highway linking mountainous Northern Pakistan with Western China officially opens.

-1980s - China and US supply help through Pakistan to Afghan guerrillas fighting Soviet occupational forces.

-1986 - China and Pakistan reach comprehensive nuclear Co-operation Agreement.

-1996 - Chinese President Jiang Zemin pays state visit to Pakistan.

-1999 - A 300-megawatt nuclear power plant, built with Chinese help in Punjab province, is completed. China is helping to build a second 300-megawatt nuclear plant due to be finished by 2010.

-2001 - A joint-ventured Chinese-Pakistani tank, the MBT-2000 (Al-Khalid) MBT, comes into full production.

-2002 - Chinese Vice Premier Wu Bangguo attends ground-breaking ceremony for Pakistan's Gwadar deep-sea port. China provides $198 million for $248 million joint project.

-2003 - Pakistan and China signed a $110 million contract for the construction of a housing project on Multan Road in Lahore [7]

-2007 - Sino- became Pakistan's biggest arms supplier with no strings attached, a true "strategic partnership".

-2007 - Sino-Pakistani joint-ventured multirole fighter aircraft - JF-17 Thunder (FC-1 Fierce Dragon) is formally rolled out. 2008, Pakistan starts mass production of the aircraft.

-2008 - China warns US of war against Pakistan, during which former president, Pervez Musharraf, visits China, Musharraf raised issues of US attacks inside Pakistan.
Pakistan's foreign office (the first foreign issue to speak of Tibet) speaks for more than three times per month on the Tibet issue, calling for the world to stop opposing China and the Olympic Games.
Pakistan welcomes China's Olympic Torch warmly. Pakistan became the first country not to protest against Tibet when the torch arrived. In fact, when the torch passed through the rural hinterland of the capital Islamabad, local villagers showered rose petals upon the procession. As a result, China thanked Pakistan for its continuous support.

-2008 China and Pakistan sign an FTA (free trade agreement). It is the first such agreement signed by the two countries. As a direct result China has opened new industries in Pakistan and Pakistan has been given free trade zones in China.

-2008 China vows to help Pakistan in civil nuclear technology by building and helping in the Khusab Nuclear Programme providing technology to Pakistan for better maintenance of civil nuclear plants.

-2008 Pakistan and China to build first ever train route through the Karakoram Highway, ultimately linking China's rail route-net to Gwadar Port.

-2008 The F-22P frigate, comes into service with the Pakistani Navy. The first frigate was inducted in Pakistani Navy in July 2009 and last one is expected to be in 2013.[8]

-2009 Pakistani intelligence helped the Chinese government of catching several suspected Uyghur terrorists seeking haven in Pakistan and planning to launch illegal operations.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E...stan_relations

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(At the end of this clip they show Indian Occupied Kashmir, but this is the famous speech Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto made in support of China for membership in United Nations).

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Longlive China and Pakistan friendship

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The reporter is saying that Pakistan and China have very close friendship. Pakistan was among the first countries to recognize the People's Republic of China. Pakistan always takes side with the People's Republic of China and People's Republic of China always takes side with Pakistan. We have a long lasting friendship.

LONG LIVE CHINA-PAKISTAN FRIENDSHIP!

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-1980s - China and US supply help through Pakistan to Afghan guerrillas fighting Soviet occupational forces.

Any neutral sources on that?

As far as I know it was mostly an American - Saudi - Pakistani operation were Afghans and Pakistani civilians were used as the bulk of the resistance. There were other arab and western countries as well as Israel to an extent that suppliend either men or arms.

China being a communist country would not mind another communist country in the neighborhood. I just don't see why it would help guerrillas fight the Soviets

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-1980s - China and US supply help through Pakistan to Afghan guerrillas fighting Soviet occupational forces.

Any neutral sources on that?

As far as I know it was mostly an American - Saudi - Pakistani operation were Afghans and Pakistani civilians were used as the bulk of the resistance. There were other arab and western countries as well as Israel to an extent that suppliend either men or arms.

China being a communist country would not mind another communist country in the neighborhood. I just don't see why it would help guerrillas fight the Soviets

I provided the link in my previous post.
China?Pakistan relations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

China was always much closer with Pakistan than Soviet Union, China and Pakistan are best friends.

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LONG LIVE PAKISTAN-CHINA FRIENDSHIP!

Pakistan and China sign MoU on 7,000 megawatt Bunji dam

Pak, China agree to implement FTA

Pakistan-China sign $1 billion accord

Talks progressing on Sino-Pak currency swap

Govt & Chinese Company eager to start work on Lahore Mass Transit System

China gave $1 billion to improve Pakistan's economy - Read full article please

Karakoram gateway for trade with Western China

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-1980s - China and US supply help through Pakistan to Afghan guerrillas fighting Soviet occupational forces.

Any neutral sources on that?

As far as I know it was mostly an American - Saudi - Pakistani operation were Afghans and Pakistani civilians were used as the bulk of the resistance. There were other arab and western countries as well as Israel to an extent that suppliend either men or arms.

China being a communist country would not mind another communist country in the neighborhood. I just don't see why it would help guerrillas fight the Soviets

Are you serious China want a communist country like soviet in

Afghanstan ?

One of China's three obstacles for normalizing relationship with

soviet was Moscow presence in Afghanistan.

China - Sino-Soviet Relations

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Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (R) talks with Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, chief of the Army Staff of Pakistan, during their meeting in Beijing, capital of China, on Sept.26, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)





Jia Qinglin (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, shakes hands with visiting Pakistani Senate Chairman Farooq Naek during their meeting in Beijing, capital of China, July 13, 2009. (Xinhua/Liu Jiansheng)





Wang Yang (2nd R), member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and secretary of the CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee, meets with visiting Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari (2nd L) in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, on Aug. 23, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)




Wu Bangguo (R), chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, meets with Pakistan Senate Chairman Farooq Naek at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, on July 14, 2009. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)




Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on June 15, 2009. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin

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May this friendship bring the two nations closer.

Pakistan's favorite border is with our friend China.

The Karakoram Highway (KKH) (شاہراہ قراقرم, Chinese: 中巴公路) is the highest paved international road in the world. It connects China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass, at an altitude of 4,693 m/15,397 ft. as confirmed by both SRTM and multiple GPS readings. It connects China's Xinjiang region with Pakistan's Northern Areas and also serves as a popular tourist attraction. It is also referred to as National Highway 35 or N35. Due to its high elevation and the difficult conditions in which it was constructed, it is also referred to as the "Ninth Wonder of the World."

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China-Pakistan Navy Drill


Chines Navy vessels -- Shenzhen destroyer and Weishanhu depot ship -- join the China-Pakistan Friendship 2005 search and rescue drill in the northern Arabian Sea November 24, 2005. The drill is aimed at improving the joint readiness for humanitarian assistance in case of disasters as typhoons. This is the second China-Pakistan joint navy exercise in the non-conventional security field. (newsphoto)





A helicopter takes off the Navy vessel for a research and rescue operation in a China-Pakistan joint drill in the northern Arabian Sea November 24, 2005. (newsphoto)





Two Chinese Navy sailors communicate with light signals with Pakistan ships during the drill in the northern Arabian Sea November 24, 2005. (newsphoto)





Chinese Navy helicopter guides the search and rescue operation in a China-Pakistan joint drill in the northern Arabian Sea November 24, 2005. (newsphoto)