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Chinese FM arrives on 29th to discuss Pak-US deadlock

china is neighbor to most of the former soviet republics in central asia whereas pakistan isn't. to construct a pipeline that goes through pakistan sounds like enormous economic waste. and today chinese government resents the idea of dictating economically unviable policies to its big businesses. unless pakistan's economic situation is absolutely bleak and thus poses an imminent threat to its national security, china won't do such a thing to subsidize pakistan's own consumption and transportation of energy - and pakistan shouldn't welcome a scenario in which china had to massively transfer wealth or subsidize pakistan's economic needs because it would have signaled a country on the very brink of collapse

not to mention china sees the chaos and suffering in pakistan a result of american meddling in both afghanistan and pakistan and pakistan's ambivalence towards anglo-americans' evil design. therefore, any economic subsidy to pakistan at this point goes on to subsidize american war of terror. so china's priority is to encourage pakistan tp take stock of the whole situation with US and pakistan's actual neighbors (who actually have high stakes in the future of afghanistan) and not to financially underwrite the indefinite prolonging of this strategic equivocation on the part of pakistan.
 
President Asif Ali Zardari has emphasized the need to fast-track implementation of Pak-China agreed projects in the areas of energy, mining, infrastructure, I.T., communication and agricultural and others for the mutual benefit of the two countries. *

During two rounds of meetings with Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi in Islamabad the president proposed establishment of trans-border economic zones for shared development and prosperity of Gilgit-Baltistan and western regions of China. He also called for setting up an umbrella corporation in the energy sector called “Pakistan-China power corporation” which should include specialists and entities from all the fields.
The President said Pakistan is keen to translate its traditional equation with china into economic terms and attaches great importance to enhancing economic and trade linkages with China. Terming the conclusion of bilateral currency swap agreement a major development between the two countries, the president said I.C.B.C’s decision to open its branches in Pakistan is another positive development. He expressed the hope that national bank of Pakistan would also be able to open its branch in China soon.
The president said Pakistan and China have a great role to play in promoting regional stability and development. He said trilateral dialogue recently initiated by the foreign ministers of Pakistan, China and Afghanistan offered new opportunities for enhancing mutual cooperation. The Chinese foreign minister assured his country's firm commitment and support in safeguarding Pakistan’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.

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