Taiwan considers itself a sovereign state with its own political and judicial system and its own currency, the Taiwan dollar, and believes that it doesn't need to be a territory of China.
The Khashoggi case has caused international outrage and frayed political and business ties between Western powers and U.S. ally Saudi Arabia, the world's No.1 oil exporter.
A Washington DC-based think-tank tracking BRI, the Maldives is one of the most at-risk countries where BRI projects are being implemented because of debt.
After a lot of search and speculations, Turkish officials had said that a 15-member team was sent from Saudi Arabia and that Khashoggi's was a pre-planned murder.