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Oct 03, 2018
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The 93-year-old Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad appears to have done something that legions of critics have been largely unable to do and that is to awaken suspicion of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, which is leading a long list of nations into what has been called a debt trap.

Mahathir, speaking in Beijing during an August state visit, deli…

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