Asia Daily Briefing - Courting controversy January 28, 2019

	Saudi investment in  Pakistan stokes tensions  with China QUETTA, Pakistan -- Saudi  Arabia's multibillion-dollar  investment in Gwadar, at the southernmost tip of Pakistan,  threatens to break China's  economic stronghold there, complicating Islamabad's  delicate relations with Beijing.
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