China's island builder has US embassy in Manila surrounded

China Harbour Engineering wins contract for 360-hectare reclamation project

20191210 New Manila Bay City Of Pearl

A conceptual drawing of New Manila Bay City of Pearl: China Communications Construction oversaw the building of Chinese outposts in the South China Sea. (UAA Kinming Group Development) © UAA Kinming Group Development

CLIFF VENZON, Nikkei staff writer

MANILA -- China Harbour Engineering has clinched a contract for a $1 billion land reclamation project to extend SM Prime Holdings' Mall of Asia complex in the Manila area, with construction greenlighted to begin next year.

The company is among a group of Chinese construction businesses working on at least five separate land reclamation projects in Manila Bay that will in effect leave the U.S. government's bayside embassy in the Philippine capital surrounded by reclaimed land.

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