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South China Morning Post · Hong Kong · Modi's bid to isolate Pakistan backfires as Islamabad courts Washington and Beijing
Reads the visit's economic substance — CPEC Phase 2, Karakoram Highway upgrade, Gwadar, Chinese-worker security guarantees — as Beijing deepening a strategic bet on Pakistan amid US-China rivalry. (Equivalent SCMP/AJ economy coverage.)
“Pakistan and China reached a 'new broad consensus' on CPEC 2.0 and security cooperation, deepening an all-weather bet.”