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 (BRI) projects in Pakistan, policy makers in Islamabad and Beijing are keen to reaffirm the importance of their strategic partnership. Here Filippo Boni (Open University) details the recent history of Sino-Pakistan relations, and how Covid-19 has impacted them over the last few months.