<span style="color: #222222;">China on Wednesday termed the shooting incident in Pakistan's Karachi city, in which a Chinese national was injured, as an isolated case, days after the all-weather allies termed the bus explosion killing nine Chinese in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as a "terror attack". Responding to a question on this, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing that China is following this matter closely, and the relevant case is under investigation. He downplayed the incident and termed it as an isolated case.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">We are fully confident that the Pakistani side will protect the safety of Chinese citizens and property in Pakistan, he said. According to reports, gunmen riding a motorcycle on Wednesday fired shots at a car carrying two Chinese factory workers in Karachi, injuring one.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The shooting incident comes days after an explosion on a bus carrying Chinese engineers in Dasu area of Upper Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province killed nine Chinese and injured 27 others. The bus fell into a deep ravine after the explosion. China rushed a special investigative team amid confusing signals from Pakistan that it could be a gas blast. Pakistan on July 24 retracted from its earlier stand that the blast was caused due to technical problems.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The two sides in a joint press release issued at the conclusion of the third session of the Pakistan-China Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue held in Chengdu agreed that the incident was a "terrorist attack". The Dasu bus blast had accentuated Beijing's concerns as thousands of Chinese personnel worked in installations and projects being built under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, (CPEC) massively funded by China.</span><br />''  <br />