Detention of any citizen taken hostage in the Karachi attack

Denied, Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that any of the citizens in the country was held hostage in an attack by Taliban fighters on the basis of belonging to the Pakistan Navy, though he said Chinese technicians have been moved to safety because of the attack. Hostages case is the latest episode of the uncertainty in the

China-Pakistan relations that are close, sometimes in secret, and also prey to the confusion.
After the rejection of Beijing, news reports said that Chinese nationals and held by militants in the siege weekend.

Killed the leader of al Qaeda, Taliban gunmen attacked a naval base in Karachi
on Sunday, blowing up planes and surrounded a building in what the group said was an attack in retaliation for the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, by the U.S. Special Forces.

According to Pakistani news reports at the time of Chinese nationals were taken hostage by insurgents.

"The spokeswoman said already, 'it is my understanding that did not take any Chinese people hostage," said an employee of the Office of the Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via the phone, referring to what he said was a comment spokeswoman Jiang Yu.

On Tuesday, the spokeswoman, Jiang said at a news conference that Chinese companies are "technical staff and moved to safety" because of the attack. But did not say whether these employees were held hostage or even if the naval base.

Can be found on the text of the press conference on the ministry website (www.mfa.gov.cn), however, included in the later denial of direct elections of the hostages.

On Monday, the Ministry also said "no Chinese nationals were taken hostage in the incident." She said the Pakistani government itself.

China and Pakistan, calling each other "friends through thick and thin", and has strengthened the ties which have long warned of the common neighbor, India, and the desire to hedge against U.S. influence.

China was the largest supplier of conventional arms from Pakistan and Chinese engineers and technicians have helped build infrastructure in Pakistan, including nuclear power plants.

But there are limits to how Beijing is ready to support Islamabad and risk odds with long-time enemy in Pakistan, India and the United States, which remains a key regional.

Beijing expressed its concern about Chinese nationals working in Pakistan, especially after a number of workers killed in militant attacks in years past.

On Tuesday, China said it was not clear until he heard about the proposal of Pakistan on his way to Beijing to help build a seaport, and poured cold water on the announcement earlier in the Pakistani Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar.