What does China want to show by maintaining close relationships with Pakistan?
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I dont know why are you jealous with pakistanis.\nPakistan and Chaina are FRIENDS and Will Reimain FRIENDS.\nNo power can brake this friend ship\n\nAnd tell me why you people are always in favor of Joarge w bush[he is really a bush(plant)]\nConaliza RICE[I love to eat Rice}\nKofia an NAN [NAN IS DELECIOUS BREAD}
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There is no need for a One China Policy. I already know there is only one China. I believe when heads of state meet, they need to concentrate on important matters. To keep saying they adhere to a One China Policy, seems to waste a lot of time. Especially when most world leaders are educated and know there is only one China, if they took any history courses at all. China is a Sovereign nation, even without somebody saying anything about a One China Policy. Why repeat the words to something that is already true?
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I'm not sure what you're asking, but I'll try.\nChina is an acient country and has a unique cultural of its own. China is trying so hard to let the world know its fanstastic acient culture but doesn't do much on accepting new things. \nAll Chinese leaders have to reach certain age like 70 or even older so he can rule the country, I don't know why, but all Chinese presidents are really old and usually they can be doing the job for 10 years. So that's how you know the political development of China. China is always trying to be the good guy in the international realationship, making me so sick. \nSorry my English aren't that good, hopefully it can help.
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Are you even serious????!!??? Pakistan may have nukes, but they still lack credible delivery means. Their borrowed/stolen technology from China & N.Korea still ain't good enough to take a warhead across the continents. In any case, there's no chance of Pakistan ever getting into a confrontation with the US of A. Why, those international pariahs live off the mercy of the US. If they hadn't to cleverly ally with them in the war against terror, Pakistan by now would have been an international non-entity.\nPakistan's survival depends on it towing the US line, so chances of a war between them and the US can exist only in the wildest realms of imagination.
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L'opinion: Pakistan needs UN and OIC umbrella to send peace-keeping forces to Iraq\nIraq-Pakistan, Politics, 7/21/2003 \n\nPakistan will only send peace-keeping missions to Iraq under a mandate of the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Pakistani president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who paid an official visit to Morocco, told Morocan daily "L'opinion."\n\nMusharraf said Pakistan has not yet made a decision regarding a request to send troops to Iraq for a peace-keeping mission, underlining that the final decision should serve Pakistan's national interests and its relations with Islamic countries in the region.\n\nOn the situation in the Middle East, Musharraf said the only means to establish sustainable peace in the region goes through carrying on negotiations that would lead to a comprehensive and fair solution in conformity with United Nations resolutions and based on the legitimate right of the Palestinian people of self-determination.\n\nEvoking Arab Maghreb countries' position on the Kashmir question, the Pakistani president underscored that he is certain that these countries fully understand Pakistan's position concerning its support for a peaceful solution to the conflict.\n\nMusharraf also said Pakistani authorities do not have any new information about where Ussam Bin Laden is, underlining that they don't know for sure if he is dead or still alive. In the same vein, he hoped Pakistani-Afghan relations would be further reinforced on the basis of mutual sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of the other party.\n\nHe added that Pakistan is participating in the re-construction of Afghanistan and that it fully supports the interim administration of president Hamid Karazay.
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i suggest that it is in India’s interest to develop closer and less hostile relations with Pakistan, but the same holds good for pakistan.In fact, I would argue that for Pakistan, given the geographic space it occupies, living in peace and harmony with India will bring many economic, political, and social rewards.The benefits it will derive will be even more than for India. It is in Pakistan’s interest, therefore, to persist in the efforts to quickly normalize relations with its neighbour even if India seems somewhat tardy in pursuing the same objective. In building my case for a more proactive role Pakistan’s part, I will start with the economic benefits that would result from good relations with India.\nThe first dividend of peace will be in the area of trade. At this time South Asia is unique among the large regions of the developing world in the sense that there is a small amount of trade among the countries located in this geographic space.\nIn fact, South Asia is the only economic region in the world where the “gravity model” of trade does not seem to apply. According to that model, the amount of trade between countries is determined by the distance between them and also by their size.\nFor obvious reasons neighbours should trade a great deal with one another. However, when one of the neighbours is a large country, as is the case with India with reference to South Asia, trade as a proportion of domestic product will be much smaller for that country relative to that for the smaller states. This is the case for such continental economies as the United States, Russia and Brazil. China is the only exception since its model of development is based on an aggressive pursuit of foreign markets.\nThe gravity model — or some variant of it — helps to explain the pattern of trade among most countries in different regions of the world. If the model were to hold for South Asia, India would be the most important market for the countries around its periphery. Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka would trade a great deal with India. For the moment this is only true for Bhutan and Nepal.For these two countries, India has a dominant presence but that is more the result of their geographic situation than the working of the gravity model. Both Bhutan and Nepal are landlocked countries with the only natural access to the rest of the world available through India. They have no choice but to trade with India. That notwithstanding, India has been quite grudging in allowing even these small countries an open access to its markets.\nThat the gravity model does not work for South Asia is largely the consequence of the bitterness that has prevailed between India and Pakistan ever since the two countries became independent nearly 60 years ago. (I touched upon this subject in this space last week.) There was considerable trade between the areas that were carved out of British India to form the states of India and Pakistan.\nWhat is now India imported food grains, raw cotton and other agricultural products from what became today’s Pakistan. Cement was the only large industry that was in place in the areas that later became Pakistan and a significant part of its product was exported to India. Some of the electric power consumed by such large urban centres as Lahore came from generating stations located in what became India. The parts of British India that are now in Pakistan purchased textiles and other semi-manufactured and manufactured products from today’s India.\nTrade between the areas that were to become India and Pakistan was conducted by both road and rail. In fact, a great deal of investment made by the British during their rule over India was meant to facilitate the movement of agricultural commodities between the food surplus provinces of Punjab and Sindh and the food-deficit areas that are now part of India. The British also invested heavily in the port at Karachi which became active in coastal shipping between
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Well Man! I am from Pakistan but that does not mean I have any grudge. My true assesment or spontaneous view is that because of the situation of geo-politics and ofcourse the relationship between Pakistan and India, nobody want to be a part of situation where Pakistn and India (God bless us) again in any tense situation, I mean when any country think about investment in defence sector of these two countries they have to think closely or stop thinking.\na layman view
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I have several Iranian friends. I find them all to be genuine, helpful, friendly, honest and lovely people. And all of them are happy not to be living under the present Iranian administration.\n\nIran has always historically been an important power and, next to China, it has arguably the oldest continuous classical culture in the world. One day they will be able to take their due place in the international arena as a great nation with much to contribute.\n\nOf course, they'll have to change their government before that can happen.
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It may never get there.  There is a good chance China could become 2 or 3 countries over the next 30 years.  If it does become the world's most powerful country it is likely to follow the example of the UK and US and retain that position for approx 100 to 150 years.
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pakis do not know to press that big red botton as it will be labelled in chineese as most of the nuke's parts. so definetely they wont know to use the nuke
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They want something directly from the US.  They just haven't said what yet.\n\nThey also want to avoid making any further agreements with their neighbors in the region that would hamper their aspirations toward dominance of the region.
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Of course China will make advantage because of their consistency in policies. I hope Indian counterpart will rise to occasion and make the visit mutually beneficial.
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No I think its the other way around....India has been for the most part good to the united states... Pakistan is just friends... we do alot of traiding with.
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China is definitely up and coming and is already one of the major players in the world strategy game. Whether it will be the only player, only time will tell. \n\nSomeone once asked Deng Xiaoping whether democracy has proven to be a superior system of government. He answered: "it is too early to tell as it has only been in exsitence for about 500 years". \n\nWhether China wants to be a world superpower is another story - not everyone wants to be able to project its power even though it has it. Throughout history, China has not expanded outside its borders since historical times even though it had the means to do so. It used to use bribery to improve relations and trade rather than invading and colonising any other country.
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Pakistan's government is alligned with us right now and very supportive; but that support has caused them great rift with the islamic fundamentalist in that country.  Their elections are within a year and some don't think the current leadership will hold on.  If a radical islamic leader is elected its a "HUGE" problem for us because of the Nukes.
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Hu nor China is Bush's friend.China is likely to make it difficult for the rest of the world to use peaceful sanctions against Iran by buying oil that no one else will.\nThere are also the many human rights violations.
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Russian and China will either abstain or diplomatically stall this process in the Security Council. This may be a victory for Iran. While we are sitting here in the U.S. the politics of international affairs is presenting a different angle. A different tune is being drummed in the Middle East and Asia. It's being hoped by Iran and Pakistan that China will silently stall or veto in the Security Council. \n\nBoth Iran and China have historic ties to China. The only country which may be hoping for a security council action would be India. India would dare not interfere in Iran, Pakistan and China's affairs. If you are uncertain about this, please look this up in some history text book or encyclopedia.\n\nEvents are more complicated than they appear and Iran knows that it can stall this process. Relations between the U.S. and Russia aren't all that peachy as well. The last think the United States wants is military action. This will be a colossal mistake in the history of American foreign policy, much worse than Vietnam or Iraq. Iran has a much older history and roots its pride back to Alexander and the Persian Empire. They do not like to be told what to do and how to do it. The only people who can or should be talking to them is Pakistan and China because of close historic ties.\n\nThe Bush administration needs to get Pakistan involved in this diplomatic effort. Iran does not have decent relations with China, it has a "strong" relationship with it.\n\nThe west needs to look at Iran from a different angle because if a wrong step is taken, there will be a major moslem uprising in the Middle East. They will perceive it as a war against Islam. The effects will be felt all across Europe and North America. \n\nThe only group of people who will say "No" are Americans. They think that economics will trump eastern philosophy, culture, history and domestic politics.\n\nKeep this good discussion rolling!