(Reuters) – “China has agreed to expedite the delivery of 50 fighter jets to Pakistan, a newspaper reported on Friday, as Islamabad tries to deepen ties with Beijing as an alternative to increasingly fragile relations with the United States.

…As the pressure mounts in Washington, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yusuf Reza Gilani has courted “best friend” China, its biggest arms supplier, during a four-day visit that ends on Friday.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/20/us-china-pakistan-idUSTRE74J0S520110520