al-jazeera investigation two years ago and further evidence uncovered this week implicated president abdoulaye i mean but he insists he's done nothing wrong but his government is also accused of silencing critical media crushing dissent and jailing political opponents on frenzy charges and then there's china it's battling india for regional crowds and this is where the tiny area is in the middle of the indian ocean is almost five thousand kilometers away from china beijing's influence has been closing in china's been bankrolling many of the infrastructure projects boom during president means time in office i mean is presenting himself as a nationalist focused on economic development including infrastructure projects built during his term and this development you mean is campaigning on has been funded by an estimated one point three billion dollars in chinese loans a debt equivalent to more than a quarter of the maltese g.d.p. now observers wonder if this city's the island nation...