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DIRECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP · 2026

Pakistan → China

This score represents Pakistan's relationship toward China. The reverse direction is calculated separately and shown alongside it.

PAK → CHN+38Partner95% evidence confidenceBroad sourced evidence
CHN → PAK+33Cooperative5-point directional gap
SIX-COMPONENT MODEL

Current component scores

Component values run from −100 to +100 and are combined with the published weights.

Diplomacy+35

1 documented factor produce the +35 diplomacy assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +35Enduring, multi-field diplomatic partnership
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The official bilateral record supports the frozen enduring, multi-field diplomatic partnership criterion for China and Pakistan in 2015.

Economic+50

3 documented factors produce the +50 economic assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +15Institutional economic cooperation
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The official bilateral record supports the frozen institutional economic cooperation criterion for China and Pakistan in 2015.

  2. +20Bilateral trade threshold
    Baseline rule · 2015

    Reported trade activates the absolute methodology route using the latest observation available for this year.

  3. +15Annual methodology 1.1 recalculation
    Annual recalculation · 2026

    The current component replaces the 2015 quantitative threshold or time-bounded structural package with the evidence applicable in the selected year.

Alignment+80

2 documented factors produce the +80 alignment assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +50Broad strategic alignment
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The official bilateral record supports the frozen broad strategic alignment criterion for China and Pakistan in 2015.

  2. +30United Nations voting alignment
    Baseline rule · 2015

    A rolling three-year comparison of UN General Assembly votes activates the alignment threshold.

Disputes+15

1 documented factor produce the +15 disputes assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +15Managed and non-territorial bilateral order
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The official bilateral record supports the frozen managed and non-territorial bilateral order criterion for China and Pakistan in 2015.

Societal+20

1 documented factor produce the +20 societal assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +20Strong national-scale people-to-people exchange
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The official bilateral record supports the frozen strong national-scale people-to-people exchange criterion for China and Pakistan in 2015.

CHANGE SINCE 2015

+36 in 2015 → +38 in 2026

The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.

ACTIVE EVIDENCE

Events affecting the current score

No later scored event is active. The current result remains anchored to the reviewed 2015 baseline and quantitative series.

Interpret with care

This analytical score is not an objective fact, endorsement or prediction. Confidence reflects evidence coverage, while incomplete or unavailable observations remain explicit. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties rather than a meaningful ranking.

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