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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Construction at a suspected “secret” Chinese military facility in the UAE was stopped at Washington’s request, a report by The Wall Street Journal revealed on Friday. “The UAE has never had an agreement plan, talks or intention to host a Chinese military base or outpost of any kind,” the UAE embassy in Washington told the daily. The construction work was “recently” stopped following a visit to the UAE site by US officials. Earlier this year, US intelligence identified “suspicious” construction work inside a container terminal operated by Cosco, a Chinese shipping company, at Abu Dhabi’s Khalif…