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Marshall Islands: Chinese pair plotted 'mini-state' in Pacific nation By Frances Mao BBC News Published 2 hours ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Image source, Getty Images 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. Such a zone would have expanded foreign access to the Pacific nation, which was administered by the US until 1979. The Marshall Islands government is...
