Although many Pakistanis would not agree with my view, I still consider this a very serious problem in today's Pakistan.
It is well known that China is the largest supplier to the Pakistani military today and serves as one of the country's key economic and political pillars.
However, authoritative statistics indicate that the proportion of Pakistanis who understand or are learning Chinese is far lower than that in India—even though India has consistently regarded China as its greatest adversary.
In real life, I know some Indians active in China. Not only do they speak standard Chinese (Mandarin), but they also speak various Chinese dialects—such as Cantonese, Hokkien, and Hakka—and can even understand some of the Sichuanese I speak.
I once had Pakistani technical specialists living in the apartment above mine. I would run into them in the elevator. They could only understand simple, everyday Mandarin; if my pronunciation wasn't standard enough or I spoke too quickly, they wouldn't understand a thing.
Yet, on this forum, many Pakistanis take pride in speaking English while looking down on Chinese.
My point isn't about the inherent merits of the Chinese language; rather, it is that if you want to learn from a good friend and gain knowledge, you must first understand what is on their mind. If Pakistan were the world's leading nation today, I wouldn't mind learning Urdu, Pashto, or any other Pakistani language.
There was a time when Chinese people widely studied Russian because the Soviet Union was a top-tier global power—and the only one willing to help China. Today, the United States is the world's leading nation, and English has become a compulsory subject for Chinese students (though, with the ongoing decline of the U.S., many Chinese scholars have begun advocating for reducing the emphasis placed on English classes).
There is a Chinese philosophical term: "不耻下问." I wonder how many Pakistanis can understand this phrase.
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