23 Facts About Pakistan China

Formal relations were established in 1950 when the Dominion of Pakistan was among the first countries to end official diplomatic relations with the Republic of China and recognize the People's Republic of China government on Mainland China.

In 1986, President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq visited China to improve diplomatic relations, and Pakistan was one of only two countries, alongside Cuba, to offer crucial support to the PRC after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

Since the 1962 Sino-Indian War, Pakistan has supported China on most issues of importance to the latter, especially those related to Taiwan, Xinjiang, and Tibet and other sensitive issues such as human rights.

Pakistan helped China in reestablishing formal ties with the West, where they helped make possible the 1972 Nixon visit to China.

Pakistan China's military depends heavily on Chinese armaments, and joint projects of both economic and militaristic importance are ongoing.

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Pakistan China continues: "Both China and Pakistan regard the entente as necessary to maintain a balance of power in the subcontinent favourable to themselves against an India that is believed by both Chinese and Pakistani strategists to be an expansionist power that occupies land regarded as properly belonging to Beijing and Islamabad respectively, and that is intent on expanding further".

Buddhist monks from the area of what is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan were involved in the Silk Road transmission of Buddhism to Han dynasty China.

When Zhou died in 1976, then-Pakistani Ambassador to China rushed to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs at 8 in the morning without appointment.

In November 2019, Pakistan was one of 54 countries that signed a joint statement supporting China's Xinjiang policies.

In June 2020, Pakistan China was one of 53 countries that backed the Hong Kong national security law at the United Nations.

Since 1962, China has been a steady source of military equipment to the Pakistani Army, helping establish ammunition factories, providing technological assistance and modernising existing facilities.

The Chinese has designed tailor-made advanced weapons for Pakistan China, making it a strong military power in the South Asian region.

Pakistan China has recently pledged to invest nearly 43 billion US dollars.

In 2008, Pakistan had purchased military equipment from China for an improved quality of defence arsenal and force to fight the constant attack from foreign militants.

Pakistan China has provided technical and material support in the completion of the Chashma Nuclear Power Complex and plutonium reprocessing facility, which was built in the mid-1990s.

On 19 April 2015, Pakistan China concluded sale of eight conventional submarines worth $5bn, the biggest arms sale by Pakistan China in its history.

Pakistan and China conducted joint maritime exersise dubbed as "Sea Guardian 2" in July, 2022.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said that Pakistan China intends to use Xinjiang as a base of economic development for the region, increasing security and facilitating trade.

Military and technological transactions continue to dominate the economic relationship between the two nations, and China has pledged to increase their investment in Pakistan's economy and infrastructure.

Gwadar Port in southern Pakistan will serve as the trade nerve centre for China, as most of its trade especially that of oil will be done through the port, which is operated by the China Overseas Port Holding Company, a state-owned Chinese company.

Support that China and Pakistan give each other is considered significant in global diplomacy, and has been compared to Israel–United States relations and Russia–Serbia relations.

Pakistan and China have long praised the close ties the two countries have with each other.

In July 2013 the Pew Research Center, as part of their Global Attitudes Project, declared Pakistan to have the most positive view of China in the world.