Cars wait to be shipped for export at a port in Lianyungang, in eastern China's Jiangsu province. AFP

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The Bahrain World Trade Centre in Manama. Despite financial challenges, the government has raised $5 billion from global debt markets this year. Photo: NurPhoto

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