MIDDLE EAST:
- Facing a worsening economic crisis and with little chance of Western or oil-rich Arab countries providing assistance, Lebanon’s is looking east, hoping to secure investments from China. But help from Beijing risks alienating the United States, which has suggested such a move could come at the cost of Lebanese-U.S. ties.
SOURCE: THE DIPLOMAT https://thediplomat.com/2020/07/lebanon-looks-to-china-as-us-arabs-refuse-to-help-in-crisis/
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