China’s scramble for desert island supremacy: How Beijing has rushed to militarise tropical reefs and build up ‘String of Pearls’ alliance across Indian Ocean’s paradise isles – as Starmer faces fury for giving up Chagos
… , China has considered adding military logistics facilities in 19 further countries … well as fertile fishing grounds, and shipping lanes through which $5trillion-worth … criticised by both senior Tories and Republicans, and The Times reported last …