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Pakistan has refused to approve the Mainline-I (ML-I) railway project of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) worth $6.7 billion terming it as
China has sent a vice premier to oversee recovery efforts and urged better safety measures after a highway collapse killed at least 48 people in the country’s mountainous south. The official Xinhua News Agency on Friday said Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing had “stressed sparing no effort in carrying out rescue and relief work.” The dispatch of Zhang, who is also a member of one of the ruling Communist Party's leading bodies, illustrates the concern over a possible public backlash over the disaster, the latest in a series of deadly infrastructure failures.
Their messages of gratitude are captured in the latest edition of the presidential magazine, which also highlights activities of President Paul Biya and First Lady, in the first quarter of 2024.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wrapped up the fourth and final full day of her trip to China on Monday.
On board, the pair exchanged gifts, according to two people present. The vice premier told Yellen he personally chose his offering — a large platter upon which a Chinese artist had replicated her official portrait. Yellen reciprocated with an artist-signed painting of the US capital’s famous cherry blossoms and the Washington Monument