The Chinese companies trying to buy strategic Pacific islands
Small businesses from China have scoured the globe for important strips of land. Are they trying to make money or are they a front for Beijing?
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Small businesses from China have scoured the globe for important strips of land. Are they trying to make money or are they a front for Beijing?
Reports have claimed that Chinese companies are looking to buy up "strategic" pieces of land around the world close to US military installations including around key sea lanes and straits. A report in the Financial Times of London said that some of these companies may be linked to the Chinese government, while others appeared "genuine examples of private sector entrepreneurship".
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