Malaysia PM Aims to Renegotiate ‘One Belt, One Road’ Projects While Visiting China

Malaysia PM Aims to Renegotiate ‘One Belt, One Road’ Projects While Visiting China
Malaysia's Prime Mininster Mahathir Mohamad addresses a press conference at the prime minister's office in Putrajaya, on Aug. 13, 2018. Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images
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KUALA LUMPUR/BEIJING—Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is set to visit China on Aug. 17 seeking to renegotiate, and perhaps cancel, billions of dollars worth of Chinese-invested projects entangled in domestic graft probes.

Ties between the two countries have been strained since a stunning election victory returned Mahathir to power in May as he suspended unpopular Chinese projects authorized by former premier Najib Razak.