Understanding how Pakistan helps China in its weapons tradeA profound shift is occurring in Middle Eastern security, largely out of the spotlight. Following the September 2025 strategic mutual defense pact between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, an agreement where an attack on one is considered an attack on both, Pakistan immediately deployed JF-17 fighter jets, troops, and defense assets to the Kingdom. This deployment, triggered by a recent US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, was not just a show of Pakistani support. It was a live-fire demonstration of Chinese military hardware on Arabian soil.Pakistan has transformed into China's primary gateway for military expansion into the Middle East. Rather than selling weapons directly, Beijing uses Islamabad as a "white-label" promoter, leveraging P