© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Students holding national flags of China and Kiribati wait for a welcoming ceremony for Kiribati’s President Taneti Maamau at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Lee

By Jonathan Barrett

SYDNEY (Reuters) – China has drawn up plans to upgrade an airstrip and bridge on one of Kiribati’s remote islands about 3,000km southwest of Hawaii, lawmakers told Reuters, in a bid to revive a site that hosted military aircraft during World War Two.…

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