NEVER mind that the two countries' slogan factory has always been based in China, or that it started off with some truly clunky products. What matters is that Communist China and Pakistan have a joint venture churning out declarations of friendship that date back almost to the two states' respective founding, some seven decades ago. China and Pakistan have long hailed each other as "all-weather friends", or "iron brothers" as close as "lips and teeth". The mutual bond is, leaders from both countries affirm, "higher than the Himalayas, deeper than the deepest ocean, and sweeter than honey".
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