Source: New York Times
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Asif Ali Zardari returned from China late Friday without a commitment for cash needed to shore up Pakistan’s crumbling economy, leaving him with the politically unpopular prospect of having to ask the International Monetary Fund for help.
Pakistan was seeking the aid from China, an important ally, as it […]

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Source: CBS
Long-Term Partnership Between Asian Nations Viewed As Counterbalance To U.S.-India Nuclear Ties
China has agreed to sell two new nuclear reactors to Pakistan to help the increasingly energy-starved country from further disarray in its energy generation, Pakistani officials announced on Saturday.
The agreement for the two reactors, to be located at Chashma, a small city in […]

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Source: CBS
China has privately agreed to follow a “step-by-step” approach to fulfilling Pakistan’s aspiration for an expanded nuclear energy program, rather than sign an ambitious civil nuclear program of the kind recently struck between the U.S. and India, senior Pakistani and Western officials said on Thursday.
Private discussions are believed to have been held on expanded […]

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Source: New York Times
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — President Asif Ali Zardari is scheduled to visit China for four days starting Tuesday, in an effort to reinforce Pakistan’s ties with a traditional ally at a time when relations with the United States have come under considerable strain.
President Zardari’s visit comes barely two weeks after Gen. Ashfaq Parvez […]

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Source: The Post
Muhammad Kabir
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government and people have shown their true love, friendship, harmony, dedication and spirit towards the people of China by making the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay successful, beautiful, fabulous and remarkable.
This was stated by Luo Zhao Hui, ambassador of People Republic of China, at a crowded press conference in Sports […]

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Source: Reuters
ISLAMABAD, April 17 (Reuters) - China has agreed to provide $500 million in concessional loan to help Pakistan meet its balance of payment needs, Pakistani foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday.
The agreement on Chinese financial assistance came during a recent visit by Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf to the long-time political ally China.
The […]

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Source: China Daily
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani together held aloft the Beijing Olympic Torch yesterday to flag off the local leg of the relay.
At the opening ceremony, the two leaders presented the torch to Samiullah Khan, former national hockey captain. Musharraf and Gilani also attended the closing ceremony, […]

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Source: Daily Times
BEIJING: President Pervez Musharraf has called upon the Chinese Investors to contribute maximum to the industrialisation of Pakistan to generate employment opportunities that would help curb the menace of extremism and terrorism.
Addressing the Pakistan-China Business Forum here Monday, the President pointed out that Pakistan offers great opportunities for investment in various sectors including […]

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Source: Pakistan Observer
LIVING true to the commitment of maintaining a multi-faceted and strategic relationship with Pakistan, Chinese President Hu Jintao after talks with President Pervez Musharraf has extended unequivocal support to measures taken by Pakistan Government to maintain stability, domestic peace and promote economic development and assured to deepen bilateral strategic partnership. The assurance is […]

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Source: Daily Times
* First of four Chinese frigates ready to be delivered to Pakistan
BEIJING: Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Afzal Tahir said on Saturday that Pakistan would host another naval exercise of the “Aman” (Peace) series in March next year, APP reported.
He expressed hope that China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy would again participate […]

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Source: Associated Press of Pakistan
RAWALPINDI, Apr 5 (APP): President Pervez Musharraf Saturday said Pakistan and China enjoy a deep multifaceted relationship that was being translated into deeper trade and economic relations. Talking to Chairman China Mobile Communication Corporation Wang Jianzhou here at President’s Camp Office, the President welcomed company’s investment in Pakistan and appreciated the […]

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Source: Dawn
ISLAMABAD, April 4: China will start manufacturing the first F-22P frigate for Pakistan Navy next week, official sources told Dawn on Friday.
According to the original schedule, the frigate called PNS Zulfiqar was to be delivered by the middle of this year.
The project will be launched at the Hudong Shipyard in Shanghai on April 7.
Three […]

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Source: AFP
NEW DELHI - India, which recently staged its first military exercises with China, is ready to carry out naval manoeuvres with arch-rival Pakistan, the navy chief has said.
Admiral Sureesh Mehta made the offer late Thursday on the sidelines of the inaugural Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) in New Delhi.
“It would have followed as a […]

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Source: The Times of India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday said it welcomes China’s participation in a gas pipeline project involving Iran, irrespective of whether India decides to take part in the venture.
The Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) pipeline was originally envisaged to transport Iranian gas to India and Pakistan. India has not participated in the last few rounds of […]

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Source: Daily Times
By Hasan Ali
LAHORE: Pakistan Railways (PR) would buy 150 passenger coaches of different classes worth Rs 5.5 billion from China, sources told Daily Times on Monday.
They said that the department suffered a huge lost after the assassination of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Benazir Bhutto, as at least 100 coaches were damaged. The […]

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Source: Kashmir Watch
Faisul Yaseen
Srinagar, Jan 18:David Barsamian, the American broadcaster and resistance intellectual, believes that America was eyeing Kashmir as its future defense base against China. He asserts that India has fabricated a false image of Kashmir conflict and is selling the same to the west.
In an exclusive interview with risingkashmir.com […]

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Source: Bloomberg
By Michael Heath
Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan plans to buy Chinese-made equipment to detect suicide bombers as President Pervez Musharraf said al-Qaeda couldn’t seize control of the nuclear-armed nation.

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Source: Daily Times
LAHORE: Pakistan will participate in a four-nation hockey tournament in China prior to the Beijing Olympics next year, Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) general secretary Khalid Mehmood said on Sunday. “The tournament will help the national players to get prepared for the Olympics 2008,” he said.

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Source: Asia Times
By Syed Fazl-e-Haider
QUETTA, Pakistan - China stepped up its presence in Pakistan this week with the opening on Monday of the Pak-China Investment Co Ltd (PCIC) in the business and financial hub of Karachi to be followed with the establishment of offices in northeastern Lahore, the second-largest city and capital of Punjab, […]

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Source: China View
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) — Pakistan firmly opposed the so-called referendum on U.N. membership by the Taiwan authorities, Pakistani Foreign Office said in a statement on Thursday.
Pakistan has all along maintained its principled position of one China and that Taiwan is an integral and inalienable part of the People’ s Republic of China, […]

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