China’s billion-dollar footprint near Florida coast poses US national security risk, expert warns
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An expert warns that China's growing investments in the Bahamas, including major infrastructure projects like ports, highways and resorts, could pose a national security risk to the U.S.
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a U.S. Writer at Fox News Digital.
Brown pointed to the rise in dual-use infrastructure projects along the Bahamas coastline, which is located just 50 miles off the coast of Florida. Sarah joined FOX in 2021, where she has assisted on coverage of breaking and major news events across the US and around the world, including the fallout following the "Defund the police" movement, the assassination attempts on President Donald Trump's life and illegal immigration.
"It doesn't take a lot of imagination for the People's Republic of China to use its commercial footprint in the Bahamas to monitor, exploit and perhaps even do worse to [the] U.S.," he said. She has experience reporting on topics including crime, politics, business, lifestyle, world news and more. You can follow her on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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