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China is trying to build a $39 billion major seaport city on Papua New Guinea (PNG), and has already reached out to PNG Prime Minister James Marape to approve the project, The Australian reported. If approved, China would establish a major presence on the country’s southern coast, within about 200 km (about 124 miles) of the Australian mainland and even closer to Australian islands in the Torres Strait. The project would be built in the town of Daru and would be known as the “New Daru City,” encompassing a 100 square km area. The project is aimed at PNG’s impoverished Western Province. Another Chinese company is looking to build a $200 million fisheries industrial park in the area and New Daru City would include fisheries, agricultural processing facilities, and ­provision for “intensive manufacturing.” New Daru City’s proposed project value would exceed PNG’s GDP by about $5 billion.

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