Duterte Unsettles Taiwan Over Chinese Island Project

Philippine President okays ‘Belt-Road’ city on nearby island

Aug 18, 2020

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By: Jens Kastner

There is an increasing concern in Taiwan that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will allow China’s military to turn Fuga, a 70 sq. km island just across from Taiwan into the “One Belt One Road Fuga Island New Smart City,” a US$2 billion development by the Xiamen-based Fong-Zhi Enterprise Co. Ltd. to include a high-technology industria…

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