Nearly a year after the Philippine military defeated Isis-affiliated militants who had occupied the southern city Marawi, the government is poised to launch a $1bn project to rebuild the ruined town.
Controversially, for a country historically allied with the US — which helped the government win the battle — it wants to do so with Chinese help.
Rodrigo Duterte’s government has shortlisted an affiliate of PowerChina, a state-owned engineering group, to head the project, which will see rubble cleared from Marawi’s deserted city centre and roads, sewers, schools and hospitals rebuilt.
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