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Lebanon looks to China as US, Arabs refuse to help in crisis

by Associated Press
| July 14, 2020 11:27 PM

BEIRUT (AP) — Facing a worsening economic crisis and with little chance of Western or oil-rich Arab countries providing assistance without substantial reforms, Lebanon’s cash-strapped government is looking east, hoping to secure investments from China that could bring relief.

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