Reuters: China plans to revive strategic Pacific airstrip, Kiribati lawmaker says
SYDNEY (Reuters) -China has drawn up plans to upgrade an airstrip and bridge on one of Kiribati’s remote islands about 3,000km southwest of Hawaii, lawmakers told Reuters, in a bid to revive a site that hosted military aircraft during World War Two.
The plans, which have not been made public, involve construction on the tiny island of Kanton (also spelled Canton), a coral atoll strategically located midway between Asia and the Americas.
Kiribati opposition lawmaker Tessie Lambourne told Reuters she was concerned about the project, and wanted to know whether it was part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
“The government hasn’t shared the cost and other details other than it’s a feasibility study for the rehabilitation of the runway and bridge,” Lambourne told Reuters.
“The opposition will be seeking more information from government in due course.”
The office of Kiribati President Taneti Maamau did not respond to questions.
The Chinese foreign ministry did not immediately respond to questions.
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Update: China Wants To Revive A Strategically Located Airfield Deep In The Pacific: Report (Warzone/The Drive).
WNU Editor: Here is a blunt commentary and analysis on why Kirbati decided to align itself with China .... How Kiribati was lost to China (Cleo Paskal, Sunday Guardian).
5 comments:
And that's not finished, China has a big appetite.
This really isn't hard to figure out. China is a rising power and likeky will be a major power for centuries UNLESS they over reach. As for the US and it's "allies," the US faces a multitude of problems. It's unlikely to exist in 5 years. When faced with this reality, decision making for other countries becomes relatively straightforward.
5 years and you ask to be not ridiculed. B be coy give you that. Why do most authoritarian trolls not bother this site? Yes b i can see your reply now, blind accountant def not Russian just a normal American who hates Americans. Don’t bother
China is an up and coming power and figures to be a major power for centuries UNLESS they over reach which is VERY likely. People are going to act accordingly.
As for 5 years, based upon current trends, such a prediction isn't unreasonable. Take one's pick. Internal strife, incompetent leadership, module debt, a multitude of powerful adversaries arrayed against us, and I could go on.
I do not hate America. If you're advocating continuing the status quo I would say it is you who hates America and you are the troll.
And how is it I hate the land of the free? In comparison you speak ill of your country at every opportunity, but yet you stay blind and free. Hold the line gentlemen
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