While Pakistan has largely been faithful (in public), China's double-standards are in a way exposing the chink in the armour, build in order to protect itself from India.

China has always been India's detractor and joining hands with Pakistan was just a matter of time, especially when it blocked India's bid to ban global terrorist and Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Hafeez Saeed by the UN.

The Communist nation wasn't satiated with just that, they went a step ahead and blocked India's Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership, while Pakistan sat in one corner and clapped, much to Modi's embarrassment.

If all this wasn't farcical, the recent (over the top) comment by Geng Shuang, the spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs during his Islamabad visit, serves as the cherry on the top.

Geng has termed Pakistan as a country which is "Firmly opposing the terrorism and it has made important sacrifices and contributions to fighting terrorism and maintaining regional security and stability."

But not long ago before showing such vociferous praise, Xi's men blamed Pakistan's poor security and slammed the latter as a 'hotbed for terrorism'.

So why is China so quick to change its stance relating to Pakistan? Well, the grapevine has it that China is asking Sharif's men for a favour.

According to a report by NBC News, Beijing's growing proximity with Islamabad is based on the former's desire to establish a naval base of its own in Pakistan’s southwestern port of Gwadar.

And what about Pakistan? They are just happy allowing access to China in the hope it'll help them to 'equalise with India'.

The bolster camaraderie, the two countries are also conducting joint operational training.

Speaking about the co-operation, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying was quoted in the media as saying, "I would like to stress that as neighbors with traditional friendship, China and Pakistan have conducted broad cooperation in various fields for win-win results and mutual benefits for a long time. The China-Pakistan friendly cooperation does not target any third party and conforms to each other's international commitments."

But is it any good for Pakistan? Is is raising more devils than it can slay?

If history is taken into account, Pakistan should drop the idea and say no to China's plan.

In the past, Pakistan had allowed the US to set up a base there. Fast forward to a couple of decades and the latter used the former regime to launch attacks on Afghanistan, thus souring the Pak-Afghan relationship.

China's intentions might not be clear as of yet, but it has shown enough negativity towards India. An encore might just do Pakistan more harm than good.

Moreover, it has another devil in Balochistan to satiate.

The Baloch Republican Party has slammed the Pak-China nexus for disrupting peace in the region and has put forward a complaint to the UN.

In their complaint, the party has stated that the "China-Pakistan Economic Corridor violates basic human rights, including article 2, 3, 7 and 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Balochistan."

The party further added that the project can cause "further instability in the region."

They have also raised issues about the killings of civilians and atrocities committed by the military.

According to the BRP, conditions are so bad in the region that people are forced to flee their motherland, akin to what Syrians are facing.

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