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Abstract
Chinese and Pakistani authorities celebrated on the past 21st of May the 70th anniversary of their diplomatic relations. A series of events and ceremonies included the launching of the song ‘Pakistan has stolen my heart’, which reportedly instantaneously ‘became viral’ (Global Times, 21st of May, 2021), a commemorative coin (Xinhua, 10th of June, 2021) and a “‘Culture Day’ launched in Beijing to celebrate China-Pakistan relations” (Global Times, 6 of June, 2021). Since the early 1950s, China and Pakistan developed what has been called an ‘all- weather’ friendship. Historically, relations between the two nations were based on their common enmity towards India; they materialised in a strong security and defence cooperation (Chaudury, R, 2017). The 1963 agreement ceding a part of Pakistani-occupied Kashmir to China led to a significant consolidation of the alliance. Said alliance gained a strategic dimension through the pivotal role by Pakistan in facilitating the Sino-US rapprochement, which also led to further Sino-Pakistani military cooperation, particularly nuclear cooperation (Hassan, 2017, p.2). […]
| Document type: | Article |
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| Publisher: | South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) |
| Place of Publication: | Brussels |
| Date: | 2021 |
| Version: | Secondary publication |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Dec 2021 09:55 |
| Faculties / Institutes: | Miscellaneous > Individual person |
| DDC-classification: | Political science Military science Commerce, communications, transport |
| Controlled Keywords: | China, Pakistan, One-Belt-One-Road-Initiative, Geopolitik, Atomare Rüstung, Terrorismus |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | China, Pakistan, diplomatische Beziehungen, wirtschaftliche Kooperation, Militärkooperation, Nuklearkooperation, strategische Beziehungen, Kaschmir, Terrorismus, Jihadismus, Seidenstraße / Europe, India, Central Asia, trade partnership, Silk Road, spices China, Pakistan, diplomatic relations, economic cooperation, military cooperation, nuclear cooperation, strategic relations, Kashmir, terrorism, jihadism, Silk Road |
| Subject (classification): | Politics |
| Countries/Regions: | China Pakistan |
| Series: | Themen > SADF Comment |
| Volume: | 213 |
| Additional Information: | DOI: 10.48251/SADF.ISSN.2406-5617.C213 (der Erstausgabe) |
