China’s Hu Visits Grand Bahama

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - August 4, 2011

Above: Ambassador Hu Shan, Bradley Armbrister, Island Administrator for the Bahamas’ East End District and Madame Liu Ping (BIS Photo/Vandyke Hepburn)

Chinese Ambassador to the Bahamas Hu Shan made his first official visit to Grand Bahama Wednesday, looking at the Freeport Container Port and the industrial sector on the island. Hu highlighted the two countries’ growing relationship, which includes a number of construction projects throughout the country, including a series of recently-announced projects in Exuma and Abaco. The Chinese government handed over the $30 million national stadium it built in Nassau to the Bahamas in June.

–Bahamas Information Service

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