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Email Print Factbox Ties between China and Pakistan 1:06am EDT Related News Q+A: Why the attention on Pakistan's Chashma nuclear complex? 12:32am EDT Analysis & Opinion U.S.-Pakistan and the phone calls after the bin Laden raid Pakistan’s nuclear weapons no defence against a forceful America Related Topics World Home » China » Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilan (R) shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao before their meeting at the Prime Minister's residence in Islamabad December 17, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Mian Khursheed By Chris Buckley BEIJING | Tue May 17, 2011 1:06am EDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani's visit to China from Tuesday allows Islamabad to show it has another major power to turn to just as relations with the United States have turned increasingly strained after the killing of Osama bin Laden. The visit is part of long-planned celebrations for 60 years of diplomatic ties but the vows of support from Beijing will be especially timely for Islamabad. "This visit will be a show for the U.S., the Pakistani public and the wider world that Pakistan has other options," said Andrew Small, a researcher at the German Marshall Fund think tank in Brussels who has studied China's role in Pakistan. "There's no impression that China could step into the United States' shoes, but it's a useful bargaining chip." An already tense relationship with the United States, Pakistan's major donor, was badly bruised after U.S. forces on May 2 killed bin Laden in Pakistan where he appears to have been in hiding for several years. Senior U.S. Senator John Kerry, speaking in Islamabad on Monday, warned that members of U.S. Congress were asking "tough questions" about aid to Islamabad over bin Laden, though he said ties were too important to be unraveled by the incident. HANDSHAKES AND SMILES In Beijing, Gilani has no worry of any public upbraiding. "At least, this way Pakistan can tell the United States that it still has China to turn to, and China does indeed have to show support for Pakistan to help it get past its current hardships," said Hu Shisheng, an expert on China's relations with South Asian countries at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, a government think tank in Beijing. In an address to the nation about bin Laden's death, Gilani described China as an "all-weather friend" for Pakistan where the United States is widely distrusted despite the billions of dollars it spends there in aid, in large part to sustain the Pakistani military in the war against Islamist militants. But Pakistan's government and military are too reliant on U.S. security and economic aid -- about $20 billion in the past 10 years -- to risk that alliance. Nor does Beijing want to wade into volatile Pakistani politics, risking its own interests and alienating India, a big but wary trade partner, said several observers. A STRATEGIC ALTERNATIVE? NOT YET Chinese officials and state media have indicated that they will use the four-day visit to cast Beijing as a steadfast partner -- unlike Washington, described in one editorial as a fickle and demanding interloper. "U.S. opinion has not only failed to criticize its own unilateralism in this action (against bin Laden) violating Pakistani territorial sovereignty, it has vilified Pakistan as a scapegoat for its own rough going in its war against terror," said an editorial on Monday in the overseas edition of the People's Daily, China's main official newspaper. Business with China has been increasingly important for Pakistan's troubled economy. China has also been crucial to Pakistan's nuclear energy expansion, despite jitters in Washington, New Delhi and other capitals. Beijing's support for Pakistan reflects its worries about instability spilling into its own western regions, especially heavily Muslim Xinjiang, said Hamayoun Khan, an lecturer at the National Defense University in Islamabad who studies China. "Pakistan is a strategic ally of China, in terms of real politik," said Khan. "It's a counter-weight to India, and it's a counterweight to the U.S. interests in the region." (Additional reporting by Sanjeev Miglani and John Chalmers in Singapore and Rebecca Conway in Islamabad. editing by Jonathan Thatcher) World Home China Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (2) daniwitz13 wrote: Kerry warns Pakistan about bin Laden. China welcomes the Pakistani envoy. BIG difference. The US exerts a strong arm while the Chinese extends a welcome hand. BIG difference. The US raids, kill and plunder into Pakistani territory, then try to put the blame on the Pakistanis. And make further demands and insists on compliance from Pakistan. It is no wonder that China appears to be a better choice of partners. Pity. May 17, 2011 1:56am EDT -- Report as abuse truthtorpedo wrote: “China card” ? is this some sort of new journalism or poornalism? What kind of rubbish article does reuters allow nowadays? Pakistan has no card, it was always close to China from early on, in fact it was Pakistan which played the role of midwife to bring the China-US friendship alive. stupid arrogant Americans. 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