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ANTIGUA | Chinese Control: Controversial Economic Zone Raises Antigua Sovereignty Concerns

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, November 17, 2024 - In a move that threatens to redraw the economic and political landscape of this Caribbean nation, Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Gaston Browne finds himself at the center of a firestorm over what critics call a modern-day colonial venture: a vast Chinese-controlled special economic zone that effectively creates a state within a state.

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ANTIGUA | Chinese Control: Controversial Economic Zone Raises Antigua Sovereignty Concerns
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