I agree with almost all the points ( visa part was bit surprising, i have visited China quite a few times and they have shown no concern in issuing it, may be things have changed now)
Chinese have a different agenda, they do invest, but they do not invest in the industrial side… y… it is simple, they are not as stupid as US is, i.e. creating industrial havens in other countries and ending up importing finished goods… which i believe we should also do… but unfortunately that is the not the case for Pakistan and as you have rightly mention that Pakistan’s main exports are raw-products.. it is not limited to China, it is the main export product of Pakistan… and there is nothing any govt. have done to change it…
Trust me, i know that if it is not the Chinese interest, the Yellow Army will never show up to save us.. ( we have seen it in 71 war)
But there are something which we can get from China.. and that is technology, know-how… and i believe that Zardari’s current trip to China has imported technology to certain extent…
I agree to the part that we are dump-house of Cheap Chinese product and i think we have potential to turn the things around…and InshaAllah we’ll going to do it someday… all we need is ground to stand.. it is like a wet bird needing some time, space and protection from Cat…
On top of everything, Chinese have different theory all together, they buy minerals/mines/strategic locations in return of strategic support in the international business… we having neighbors like India ( where election result depends of the relationship with Pakistan) who is set bound to destroy us and and then we have invited the bosses of all evils US in Afghanistan.. i think we need muscle man to keep the dogs away…
Overall i agree with you that we shouldn’t be giving to much concessions to Chinese, we need to create a balance…