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Hard Numbers: China's trust deficit with its neighbors

Hard Numbers: China's trust deficit with its neighbors
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78: An overwhelming majority of Americans think that divisiveness in US politics is a big problem, with 78 percent of those surveyed saying that national political leaders are responsible for promoting "a mostly destructive public debate," according to a recent Public Agenda/USA Today/Ipsos poll.


58: In one of the deadliest tragedies this year among migrants trying to reach Europe by sea, 58 people died Thursday when a boat from Gambia carrying 150 migrants capsized off the West African coast of Mauritania. It's the second shipwreck involving migrants headed to European shores in less than two weeks.

105 million: The Trump administration has lifted an unexplained freeze on a $105 million aid package to Lebanon. It's unclear why the cash was held up last week, but some congressional officials said it was out of fear that funds could flow to Hezbollah, the politically influential Iran-backed Shiite group, which has the largest bloc in parliament.

59: While China's influence is largely seen as positive in many emerging markets, this is not the case among its neighbors in the Asia-Pacific: on average, 59 percent of those surveyed across Australia, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia, and India think that investment from China is risky, giving Beijing too much influence over their economies.

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