[L]et’s have no illusions about relations with the U.S. A rebirth of our values system is decidedly not taking place, and our interests are downright transactional.
The passage of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act may prove to be most important in embodying the striking shift in US attitudes towards China.
But it's for Pakistan to calculate just how closely another country would risk flirting with bankruptcy, however limited, just because it's a special friend who keeps asking for money but can never pay any back.