From September 5 to 6, the International Academic Seminar Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Establishment of China-Pakistan Diplomatic Relations, themed “Inheritance, Innovation, and Win-Win: Building a China-Pakistan Community with a Shared Future for the New Era,” was held at Peking University. Professor Tang Jun, Director of the Pakistan Research Center at Inner Mongolia Honder College of Arts and Sciences, gathered with guests from the diplomatic, academic, business, media, and cultural and educational fields of China and Pakistan to conduct in-depth discussions on topics such as the development of China-Pakistan relations, the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, and people-to-people and educational cooperation

Professor Tang Jun delivered an academic report titled “The Generating Mechanism of Pakistan’s Sandwich-State Dilemma from the Perspective of Area Studies: The Triple Squeeze of Middle East Conflicts, the Afghanistan Border Crisis, and India-Pakistan Competition.” The report systematically analyzed the internal logic and transmission paths behind the formation of the “sandwich-state” dilemma, explored in depth the profound impact of intersecting and escalating multiple crises on Pakistan’s domestic politics and foreign policy, and further assessed the opportunities and challenges that this structural dilemma brings to the advancement of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperation, arousing widespread attention and heated discussion among participating experts.

Khalil Hashmi, Pakistan’s Ambassador to China, and four former Ambassadors to China — Salman Bashir, Masood Khalid, Naghmana Alamgir Hashmi, and Moin-ul-Haque — affirmed Professor Tang Jun’s academic report, holding that its viewpoints were clear and its analysis was in-depth, and that it had high academic reference value for the current international situation and regional security. The five ambassadors also praised Inner Mongolia Honder College of Arts and Sciences for its years of deep commitment to China-Pakistan educational cooperation and people-to-people exchanges, and appreciated the college’s achievements in Pakistan country studies, international student training, and China-Pakistan academic interaction.

Professor Tang Jun stated that the Pakistan Research Center of Inner Mongolia Honder College of Arts and Sciences will continue to deepen Pakistan country studies and research on the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, produce more high-quality academic results, and continue to contribute the strength of a local university to deepening people-to-people exchanges and mutual academic learning between the two countries.