Last week, millions of Pakistanis had cause to wonder whether China's famous OBOR (One Belt, One Road) programme stood for "one belting and one roundhouse" after videos went viral of Chinese workers at a construction site thrashing their Pakistani security detail and stomping on the bonnets of police jeeps.
Not quite sure whether this was fake news or unfriendly propaganda targeting Islamabad's close ties with China, I turned to the respected newspaper, Dawn, for clarity.
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