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Montenegro's big debt to China over contentious new highway

Karl Harenbrock
August 22, 2023

Montenegro finds itself in a financial crunch after taking on a giant loan from China to build a highway. The Chinese construction crew also may have permanently damaged a UNESCO heritage site.

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