Economics
Xi Postpones $34 Billion Pakistan Trip Amid Protests
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Chinese President Xi Jinping postponed his visit to Pakistan, where $34 billion of deals were scheduled to be signed, after three weeks of anti-government protests in the capital of the South Asian nation.
“In view of the current political situation in Pakistan” the two governments agreed to postpone the visit, the Pakistan foreign ministry said in by e-mail in Islamabad today. The visit is to be rescheduled “at an early date,” it said.