BEIJING -- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang on Tuesday lambasted former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed's allegation that Beijing is taking over the island nation in the Indian Ocean, calling it "absolutely false."
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An aerial view of Male, the Maldives' capital.
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