https://www.scmp.com/rss/325021/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com At the lowest ebb of the last annus horribilis for US-Pakistan ties in 2011, soon after the special forces raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan brandished the China card: if relations with Washington were going into a tailspin, Islamabad would turn to Beijing instead. They were rebuffed. China discreetly made it clear to both the United States and Pakistan that the “all-weather friendship” was already as deep as they wanted it to be and that Islamabad needed to focus on... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2108345/trump-beware-pakistans-luck-playing-china-card-turning?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/geopolitics/article/2108345/trump-beware-pakistans-luck-playing-china-card-turning?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Aug 2017 06:32:23 +0000