1. Research And Development International

2. Agenda What is Randi? Members of RANDI China-Pakistan Come closer Purpose of RANDI Chinas Investment Twitter makes fun of think tank Tweets making fun of RANDI

3. What is Randi? The think tank "Research and Development International (RANDI)”, will focus on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor research and development It was announced on 20 th

4. Members of RANDI According to the Islamabad office of Pakistan China Institute, RANDI will have two co-chairpersons; Madame Zhao Baige, (former minister, member of parliament), and Senator Mushahid Hussain, vice chairperson of Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress.

5. China-Pakistan Come closer China has signed 51 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Islamabad to develop a China- Pakistan economic corridor that will connect China’s restive Xinjiang to the Arabian sea51 Memorandums of Understanding It will give China direct access to oil in the Middle-East

6. Purpose of RANDI RANDI will enable an 'Information Corridor’ to create and exchange information among policy-makers, students, specialists, scholars and enterprises in both countries The RANDI Pakistan secretariat will be based at Islamabad's Pakistan-China Institute, and the China secretariat will be shared by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and the China Institute of Reform & Development (CIRD)

7. Chinas Investment Chinese president Xi Jinping is due in Pakistan to launch $46 billion worth of projects linking the old allies, a figure that far exceeds US spending in Pakistan and underscores China's projection of power in Asia The infrastructure and energy projects are aimed at establishing a Pakistan-China Economic Corridor between Pakistan's southern Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea and China's western Xinjiang region

8. Twitter makes fun of think tank The name is pretty good and harmless, but its acronym ‘RANDI’ takes the cake It’s a vulgar Hindi/Urdu word for “whore.” Twitteratti was quick to react on the name of the think tank.

9. Tweets making fun of RANDI Here are some of the tweets making fun of the name: