the other goal of his late march 2011 visit to islamabad was to raise the prospect of a return engagement for the pakistan army. the goal was achieved and pakistan quickly approved the proposal. his visit to china during the same period resulted in the issuing of lucrative contracts in return for political support. since china is not a friend of the arab spring, it is eager for saudi oil and investment. bandar secretly negotiated the first big saudi-chinese arms deal. thus, bandar was the kingdoms's premier china expert.