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Look it up. Almost everything you bought in the 1980s was Made in Japan.

Balochistan is not East Pakistan in the sense that even if the majority is alienated and desires independence, the geographical contiguity with rest of Chinese/Punjabi Pakistan ensures a supply chain. Plus Balochistan is not as densely populated as East Pak so even if one takes into account the...

Lol. Yes, it showed him. Not liking an answer seems to be an automatic segue to whataboutery. What happened to the erstwhile Soviet Union? It doesn't even exist on the map anymore. Stalin's USSR is gone.

Lol. How long did it take to move from the west to Japan, then Korea, then Republic of China and then to Communist China?

Global manufacturing moved to China when China was happy to suck up to the West. Supply chains and manufacturing can move, although it takes time.

Heard of the Berlin air drop?

When push comes to shove, the democratic civilized world has had to pool their resources to stand upto and take on brutal regimes - Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin and now Xi. Nothing new in this.

Unlike GM which brought rubbish into India, Ford genuinely tried to crack the Indian market. They had some fantastic products - it's a shame they never quite got it right at the right time.

Isn't that the actress from Pushpak? What a superb movie that was.

Who doesn't like an endorsement from Pakistan? That epitome of valor, bravery and honesty in all its dealings.

For decades, Pakistan pursued a policy of supporting the Afghan Taliban while cracking down on the Pakistani Taliban, the Tehreek-i-Taliban (TTP). With the Taliban in power in Afghanistan, Islamabad may have won its “long game”. But its game of chicken may be backfiring with jihadists coming...

Every state is different and has its own history and issues.

It's called being fluently bilingual. Many people are fluently multi lingual.

Sportspeople have been switching nationalities for decades. Lendl, Navratilova became Americans. Recently Alexandre Bublik became Georgian. Kevin Pietersen switched from South Africa to England. Lots of African athletes compete for Middle Eastern countries. What's the fuss?

Link https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-60288007 A Nepalese government report leaked to the BBC accuses China of encroaching into Nepal along the two countries' shared border. It is the first time there have been official claims from Nepal of Chinese interference in its territory. The report...

Peng Shuai's latest interview 'does not alleviate any of our concerns', insists WTA chief Steve Simon after Chinese communist minders were caught lurking in the background as she spoke to journalists in a Beijing hotel...

Neerja Bhanot was senior flight purser on the Empress of the Seas, a Pan Am 747 hijacked at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi by four armed men from the Abu Nidal organization en route to Frankfurt and New York. During a 17-hour ordeal, she helped the three-member cockpit crew escape in...

Agreed. But once the genie is out of the bottle, best of luck putting it back in.

What long term friendship? Pakistan was created in 1947. PRC in 1948. In which year did you cede your claim?

The biggest reason is the inability of Pakistan to build a sense of nationhood. Bengalis (East Pakistan) went away first. Balochis want their freedom. Must be a domino effect in other regions.