ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is working to jump-start Chinese development projects that sputtered under his predecessor as he scrambles to keep Beijing happy and shore up his country's troubled economy.
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Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, right, hosts Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi in Islamabad in late June. © Xinhua/Kyodo
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is working to jump-start Chinese development projects that sputtered under his predecessor as he scrambles to keep Beijing happy and shore up his country's troubled economy.