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A Debt trap is when a rich country lends money to a poor country to exploit them
politically and economically when they are unable to pay it
Money China has lend Pakistan
This means Pakistan would have to pay China roughly in between $7-8 billion
for the next 43 years from 2018 onward
Pakistan needs to payback china more then the IMF
Projects like the ML-1 railway have not been that beneficial to the economy
Other countries affected by the Debt trap
Sri lanka had to lease there port to china for 99 years when they were unable to
pay them back
Other countries like Malaysia, Venezuela, Maldives are all in huge amounts of
debt to china
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