Introduction:For many Chinese, Pakistan evokes a most cordial response as an "old friend" or "iron-forged ally."This friendship has won universal praise and enjoys popular public support on both sides. The two countries have developed all-weather friendship and all-dimensional cooperation. They are good friends, neighbors, partners and brothers. The friendship between China and Pakistan has been rooted in the hearts of the two peoples and flows in their veins, becoming a precious spiritual treasure of people. This book contains stories written by veteran diplomats and celebrities who have long been engaged in friendship and exchanges between China and Pakistan. They tell their own stories from different angles to discuss their sincere friendship with people from all walks of life and narrate the close relationship between the two countries and their peoples. These stories are told in a straightforward way or commonplace, passionately or solemnly. In them, true feelings are disclosed, simple, profound, and embedded in ordinary people's life. They form a great epic of Sino-Pakistan relationship, winning widespread support through the generations. They will illuminate the future of friendship like bright lights and converge into the river of friendship like running brooks.Author: Lu Shulin. Former Chinese Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, and Executive Director of the China-Pakistan Friendship AssociationEditor Recommendation:The book contains stories contributed by more than 20 authors who have experienced the friendship of Pakistani towards China during their work in Pakistan, and wishes to further the relationship. Included are former Chinese ambassadors, consul generals, secretaries, counsellors, correspondents, corporate representative, poets and scholars, representing a wide range. They tell in a serious but

warm manner of the Sino-Pakistan friendship they themselves experienced. All the stories are authentic and vivid, with great readability. In turn, they also show the profound feelings of the Chinese for the people of Pakistan. Publication of the book is a significant event which is expected to help readers gain a better understanding of the friendship between China and Pakistan, why Pakistan is the "iron-forged" friend of China, and how two countries with different social systems are able to become a model of friendship. Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussein wrote Preface for the book despite his busy schedule. This shows the high importance Pakistan leaders attach to the further development of an all-weather friendship between the two countries.