The Maldives, long a popular tourist destination, has grown in strategic importance in recent years as China and India vie for influence in the region, and as Beijing pushes ahead with its global trade and infrastructure plan.
Spread over nearly 1,200 islands spanning more than 90,000 sq km, key shipping lanes – where Beijing and New Delhi compete to pursue their often conflicting maritime strategies – pass through this tiny Indian Ocean nation.
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