In China, many people affectionately call Pakistan Batie, which is based on the friendship between China and Pakistan. In view of the historical, geographical and cultural exchanges between the two countries, China-China relations have always been a topic of discussion in. People who have been to Pakistan often lament the enthusiasm and friendship of Pakistanis after returning home.
This has also caused some interesting things. People from some Asian countries (such as South China and Japan) go to Pakistan to pretend to be Japanese and enjoy Pakistan's "Batie" treatment.
Of course, many people ask why China-Pakistan relations are so friendly.
In fact, in ancient times, China-Pakistan relations were average, and there were not many direct exchanges between the two countries. After the founding of New China, the relationship was lukewarm. It was not until the sixties and seventies, after the fourth India-Pakistan war, that China-Pakistan relations embarked on the fast track.
As we all know, in the fourth India-Pakistan war, India dismembered Pakistan and became two countries. At this time, Pakistan is hugging the thighs of the United States. Americans who promised to provide security support to Pakistan only paid lip service. After the fourth India-Pakistan war, Pakistan faced the danger of national extinction.
Looking back at the history of the South Asian subcontinent before the 1980s, we can know that India carried out a crazy policy of aggression or annexation to neighboring small countries during this period, and Sikkim died at that time. Without China's help, it is still unknown whether Pakistan will be destroyed.
Pakistan, which can't count on America, can only look north. Pakistan is reliable in one thing. In recent years, as a neighbor of China, the friendship between Pakistan and China has been stable.
Americans look at the friendly relations between China and Pakistan from different angles and feel a little sour grapes. After all, Pakistan used to be a quasi-ally of the United States, but now Americans find that Pakistan's army ranks are all China tanks, which Americans say shows the hardness of China-Pakistan relations.
Kale Larson, an American military expert, commented that due to the deterioration of relations between the United States and Pakistan in recent years, the tanks equipped by the Pakistani army forces have already explained the problem.
Larson pointed out that both lazare tanks and Khalid series tanks in active service of Pakistani Army originated from China, especially Khalid tanks. His prototype in China's army was Type 99 main battle tank, which impressed military experts all over the world. Now VT-4 main battle tanks derived from the same technology are being sold all over the world, which has become a major symbol of China's weapons and equipment technology export.
Pakistan VT-4 tank
Larsen pointed out that the relationship between China and Pakistan is just and reasonable, which can be seen from the tanks of the Pakistani army.
On the contrary, the early F- 16 fighter planes sold by Americans to Pakistan. Now it seems that this is not an advanced weapon, but the Americans have also imposed restrictions on Pakistan and are not allowed to use American F- 16 fighters against the Indian army.
I would like to ask, if Pakistan buys fighter planes, what else can they be used for if they are not used against India? Do you buy fighter planes for ploughing or spraying pesticides?
Now, more and more China weapons are in service in the Pakistani army, including Xiaolong fighters, early warning aircraft and drones. It is foreseeable that American weapons and equipment will soon disappear from Pakistan's armed forces.