A Chinese state-owned company is negotiating to buy a forestry planation with a deep-water port and World War II airstrip in Solomon Islands amid persistent concerns that China wants to establish a naval foothold in the South Pacific country.
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A Chinese delegation visited the plantation that covers most of Kolombangar Island in 2019, asking questions about the length of the wharf and depth of the water.
The crew were filming construction in Munda in Solomon Islands Western province when they were ordered to stop filming by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation staff.
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