The crux of the problem lies in the Chinese strategy of containment. The truth is that China has nothing going for it in Pakistan where trade is concerned. Chinese bonhomie with Pakistan is due to its one point agenda of using Pakistan to keep India in check. And thus the strong military ties it has with Pakistan to ensure that its Southern flank is taken care of by Pakistan.
The sooner this is realized, the better it would be. China will not help Pakistan where its economy is concerned. Examples are the snub it got from China for monetary aid and was forced to approach the IMF for a $7 billion loan on some tough conditions. The promised flood relief amounting to $200 million from China has remained largely on paper. Pakistan should now look beyond China and work with neighboring countries like India. Indo-Pak trade could be worth billions of dollars.
But the moot question is, would the PA allow this to happen considering the prevailing animosity for anything 'Indian'? I don't see any detente on the horizon.
well this post of urs compelled me to generate a very interesting perspective..from some fairly recent personal findings.
China wasn't looking to contain India but rather saw an opportunity in Pakistan's friendship.
Half of all strategies are born off opportunity.
China though that Pakistan had the same People as in India, but a different leadership;
As and when the Indian leadership got back stabbed,
China sought a regional ally and as most chinese would perceive with the same but divided race as of India(with which it had older and solid relationships of aid and camaraderie).
Pakistan on the other hand, imo ,sought to contain India via China at that time; building on that very same welfare foundation India had laid much before.
now having said that ...i don't think any side is responsible in this mess of a relation between China and Pakistan but rater they both weren't as close as made out to be .... it is evident in the fact that both countries failed to understand each oter and live ideologically worlds apart.
Two contrasting people where one believes in cold rationale,
the oter dwells in fool hardy matters of the heart ..or may i say emotional interactions.