______ nation rejected China’s offer to build islands and retained its ties with Taiwan ?

a) Burkina Faso
b) Sao Tome and Principe
c) Panama
d) Tuvalu

Tuvalu, a tiny South Pacific nation has rejected China’s offer to build artificial islands and decided to retain its ties with Taiwan. Several Chinese firms had offered to build artificial islands to help the nation deal with rising sea levels, which the nation turned down calling them as attempts to reduce Taiwan’s influence in the region.