As Pakistan’s Field Marshal General Asim Munir landed in Beijing, China, he may have expected warm protocol and backroom praise. What awaited him instead was a diplomatic cold front. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi did not mince words. Behind closed doors, he conveyed China’s anger in a tone too firm to be misread. The reason: Beijing’s growing impatience over Islamabad’s failure to protect Chinese nationals working on high-stakes infrastructure projects inside Pakistan. As Pakistan’s Field Marshal General Asim Munir landed in Beijing, China, he may have expected warm protocol and backroom praise. What awaited him instead was a diplomatic cold front. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi did not mince words. Behind closed doors, he conveyed China’s anger in a tone too firm to be misread. The reason: Beijing’s growing impatience over Islamabad’s failure to protect Chinese nationals working on high-stakes infrastructure projects inside Pakistan.