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Iceland-China resort deal stirs controversy

2012-07-26 19 Dailymotion

Iceland's government is divided over a plan to sell a large area of the island to a Chinese tycoon.

Huang Nubo has a preliminary agreement to buy a remote area of land for almost $9m to build a resort.

But there are concerns the deal is a cover for China to gain a strategic foothold in the area.

Al Jazeera's Charlie Angela reports.