ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — At least nine Chinese nationals were killed in Pakistan on Wednesday when their bus fell into a ravine after an explosion, officials said. At least some of the Chinese passengers were engineers working at a hydroelectric project in Dasu, an area in the country’s rural northwest. The dam is part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a global effort to invest in infrastructure that is even greater in scope than the Marshall Plan, the United States’ program to rebuild Europe after World War II. At a news conference in Beijing on Wednesday, a spokesman for the Chinese government condemned the attack and called on the Pakistani government to investigate. “The Pakistani security forces have taken measures to get the situation under control, properly transferred and treated the wounded,” said the spokesman, Zhao Lijian.

Source: International New York Times July 14, 2021 08:37 UTC