China-Pak friendship 'choice of history': Xi greets new Pak Prez Zardari

Chinese President Xi congratulates Pakistani President Zardari on his election, emphasizing the iron-clad friendship and strategic significance between China and Pakistan. Both countries have maintained close high-level exchanges and achieved fruitful results in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. China has also provided foreign loans and debt rollovers to help Pakistan's severe economic crisis.