Final day to have say on future of former tillegra dam land in China
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Key points: China claims the land is for its own use and not for development
Tillman dam has had controversial lan????d use history, including being built on a dead swan
China says a special court should review claims
Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to address a joint session of parliament today.
The two countries are already embroiled in a row over who owns land reclaimed from the??? ??? controversial Tilman dam, which is about to flood the South China Sea.
The Government of the People’s Republic of China??? ??? (GPP) is demanding that a special court decide who will take over the land.
The state has already been granted permission to clear the land for the construction of the dam — the same land that lies just outside Sydney where Sydney’s new metro line is expected to cross.
China has said that the claim is in its own land, which is what China wants.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, land-transport, china
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