"China is building an airstrip on an inhabited island or atoll (reports give different descriptions) in the island archipelago nation of Kiribati, which in 2019 moved its relations from Taiwan to China, and now China is going all in on developing an airstrip for "peaceful purposes," as it claims"

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/02/buried_news_china_setting_up_an_airstrip_close_to_hawaii.html