Pakistan Foreign relations of China

pakistan , china have strong relations have been compared israel – united states relations. more recently, china has signed several free trade agreements pakistan several bilateral trade agreements such harvest agreement , establishment of duty-free export zone (sost dry port) in pakistan s northern areas. pakistan , china, per common knowledge , perspective, arguably strong allies , trade , contacts have steadily increased on years. china continues invest heavily pakistan, , providing assistance in development of country s 3rd major port @ gwadar, timber transhipments mozambique, improving infrastructure , development of pipeline said port towards china s western regions. trade , goodwill between pakistan , china relatively strong due bordered muslims area of xinjiang, used pakistan transit mecca/makkah pilgrimage. has been unstable after chinese crackdown on xinjiang residents during ramadan. pakistani students go china study while chinese workers come pakistan work on infrastructure projects. pakistan ceded portion of kashmir. share karakoram highway, 1 of highest paved roads in world. pakistani , chinese authorities collaborated on nuclear , space technology provided china pakistan, cruise missile , naval technology, pakistan helped china hold of western technology otherwise not acquire.

a common quotation referred pak china friendship is, friendship higher heights of himalayas , deeper depths of arabian sea .