The proposed contractor for the CJIA airport expansion is now embroiled in a controversy in Jamaica over plans for a shipping hub in an environmentally sensitive area, underlining concerns in the region about the lack of transparency in dealings with big Chinese firms backed by Beijing.
It was only during a state visit last week by Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller to China that the Jamaican public became aware that China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) was in deep discussion with Kingston over a shipping hub in Goat Islands, an
