Sino-Pakistani relations in the time of COVID-19

As China’s economy contracts in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with nearly $20 billion of China’s Belt and Road Initiative projects in Pakistan, policy makers in Islamabad and Beijing are keen to reaffirm the importance of their strategic partnership. In a blog written for the London School of Economics, published 8 April, 2020, Dr Filippo Boni, Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at The Open University, details the recent history of Sino-Pakistan relations, and how COVID-19 has impacted them over the last few months.

Read the full article published by the London School of Economics