Opinion Editorials

In October 2020, I flew over the towering Karakorum Mountains and arrived in the beautiful city of Islamabad with joy and expectation. Now I feel so reluctant to leave this beloved country to end my tenure as the Chinese ambassador. Over the past two years, I have been making friends…

China has been sending excellent minds to Pakistan to promote and strengthen bilateral relationship. It started with the appointment of Han Nianlong, first ambassador to Pakistan. Han Nianlong was an accomplished politician and army officer. General Geng Biao replaced him. He was instrumental in laying down the strong foundation of…

The sun of 2023 has emerged with new hops and challenges for China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in the backdrop of uncapping China’s zero covid policy, fresh commitments to pump up more Chinese investment, rollout of new three CPEC corridors, resumption of cultural exchange programs, galvanization of China Pakistan free…

Ushering in the new year of 2023, a retrospect of the pre vious year is precious. Forboth the world and China, the outgoing 2022 is critical in bridging the past and the future. Successfully convening the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), China embarked on a…

Geo-political and international financial developments, and our own credit downgrading, will limit access to new foreign debt and prevent the resumption of our cripplingly import-dependent economic growth. The recovery we can now sustain will rely on mobilising our own long-neglected resources. Agriculture, labour skills, SMEs as the core of domestic…

WITH huge investment in the form of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) combined with diplomatic engagements, Beijing has put the region on the path of economic development and prosperity. China is playing a key role in regional economic development by initiating infrastructural development projects, industrial zones and energy which…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed his desire to learn from Chinese economic and governance model. He considers it would help implement CPEC projects. He is neither first nor the last. It has become fashion among the political/ruling elite to talk about China model. Analysis of prevailing situation highlights there…

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif paid his first official visit to China on November 1-2 during which he reaffirmed his government’s willingness to commit to high quality development of BRI and highlighted the salience of CPEC, a flagship project under BRI, to Pakistan’s economic and social development. In April 2015,…

The 20th National Congress of the CPC came to a successful end in Beijing on October 22. Widely hailed as a new milestone in China’s development going forward, it is historic in all dimensions. One of the most important achievements of the Congress is re-election of Comrade Xi Jinping as…

A few days ago, the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was successfully concluded, and so was Prime Minister Shehbaz’s maiden official visit to China. For China and China-Pakistan relations, these two major events came one after another, the significance is self-evident and far-reaching. 20th CPC National…