Pakistan required China’s military equipment, technology, and political support to deny India’s dominance of the region. At the moment China also realised that Pakistan nourished enmity towards India and would naturally like to come closer to China. Further the Sino-Indian war of October 1962 and bent of President Kennedy towards India paved the way for cordial relations. Since then, China’s military assistance to Pakistan has become a reality. The 1960s made China’s relations with Pakistan solid from the viewpoints of mutual interest, regional strategy and the international milieu.

Source: Pakistan Today October 27, 2019 16:07 UTC