Positive signals are coming from Washington. The visit of US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and meetings with Pakistani leadership is an encouraging step to improve the trust between the two nations. She is one of only a handful of Muslim members of Congress, a Somali-born Muslim-American immigrant who represents Minnesota in the US House of Representatives. It was the first high-level visit by a member of the US Congress since a new coalition government came into power in Islamabad.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for blazing a new path to building world-class universities with Chinese characteristics during a visit to Renmin University of China on Monday.
Lifting tariffs on certain Chinese products will help mitigate the highest inflation in four decades in the United States and put bilateral trade relations back on a normal track this year, experts and business leaders said on Sunday.
Because of my occupation, I often come into contact with many foreigners. Recently, I participated in many webinars with think tanks from the US and Europe, and also communicated with diplomats from a number of Western embassies in China. They put forward some common views on sensitive issues such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict and China's economy. I'd like to share my views.
China is eyeing to build world-class universities with Chinese characteristics.
In international relations, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies. It is only the interests which bring nations close or apart from each other. By the same token, there is no exception in the case of Pak-U.S. relations. Although our relations are spread over seven decades, the road to friendship has been very bumpy.