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Marshall Islands: Chinese pair plotted ‘mini-state’ in Pacific nation

BBC News

By Frances Mao

September 8, 2022

A Chinese couple plotted to set up a mini-state on the Marshall Islands in the Pacific, bribing MPs and officials along the way, US prosecutors say.

The man and woman tried to persuade lawmakers to set up a “Semi-Autonomous Region” (SAR) on a remote atoll.

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