NEW YORK -- Pakistan insists that progress on its $65 billion China-backed economic corridor, the crown jewel of Chinese President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road initiative, has not slowed, even as security and financial problems complicate its development and relations with Beijing.
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A man offers evening prayers on a newly constructed pavement along the beach in Gwadar, Pakistan, in 2017. © Reuters
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