What the Mainland Media Say | 'Iron Brothers' forging bonds of steel across Subcontinent
Media shower praise on the 'special' relationship between China and Pakistan as nations sign US$46 billion in deals
Few bilateral relations between countries are as smooth as the one between China and Pakistan. They share a border stretching 523km but are strong neighbours with few territorial disputes.
At last week's summit, leaders from both nations said they wanted to raise the relationship to what is called an "all-weather strategic and cooperative partnership".
Before his touchdown for the visit, President Xi Jinping penned an op-ed, with the headline: "I feel as if I am going to visit the home of my own brother".
In response, his Pakistani host, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, said the friendship was "higher than mountains, deeper than oceans, sweeter than honey, and stronger than steel".
No wonder major state-run media have been fully mobilised to trumpet the ties between the the two nations known as the "Iron Brothers".
"There is no upper limit to the 'solid' ties between China and Pakistan," said an editorial carried by the overseas edition of People's Daily, the ruling Communist Party's mouthpiece.
"From Xi to the average man on the street in China, Pakistan has never been just another neighbour," China Daily said.
