China to help Maldives build 1,500 homes

Second phase of construction project will be spread across nine coral islands

President Xi Jinping and his Maldivian counterpart, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, jointly unveiled a housing project in the Maldives on Monday in which Chinese companies will participate.

The project, which the Maldivian media called the second phase of the Maldives Housing Project, will have 1,500 apartments on nine islands, according to a report published on xinhuanet.com.