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Pakistan continues to reel from unprecedented flooding, which killed more than 1,600 people this year, displaced millions, ravaged crops, damaged nearly 2 million homes, and wiped out roads and other infrastructure.The World Bank has approved $2 billion in aid – the largest such pledge so far.Saima, 23, displaced because of the floods, receives medical assistance while taking refuge in a school in Karachi on September 22, 2022. (Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)Amid Pakistan’s woes, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed for engagement with China on debt relief and restructuring so that Pakistan can more quickly recover from the floods."That prompted a harsh response from Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin."The Chinese government has provided 400 million RMB ($55.6 million) worth of humanitarian assistance
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