Pakistan welcomes Chinese investment for roads, bridges, dams and hydropower. But extremist groups, including the Pakistani Taliban, want China to leave. And as Betsy Joles reports from Islamabad, Pakistan, such groups have been linked to a series of attacks on Chinese workers.
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