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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday July 13 2017, @05:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the shipshape dept.

China has sent two warships to the Republic of Djibouti in Africa, where it will open its first overseas naval base:

China has dispatched troops to Djibouti in advance of formally establishing the country's first overseas military base. Two Chinese Navy warships left the port of Zhanjiang on Tuesday, taking an undisclosed number of military personnel on the journey across the Indian Ocean.

An editorial Wednesday in the state-run Global Times stressed the importance of the new Djibouti facility -- in the strategically located Horn of Africa -- to the Chinese military. "Certainly this is the People's Liberation Army's first overseas base and we will base troops there. It's not a commercial resupply point... This base can support Chinese Navy to go farther, so it means a lot," said the paper.

The Global Times said the main role of the base would be to support Chinese warships operating in the region in anti-piracy and humanitarian operations. "It's not about seeking to control the world," said the editorial.

Also at The Atlantic and Xinhua (newer article).

Related: A Small Secret Airstrip in Africa is the Future of America's Way of War


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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @05:58AM (11 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @05:58AM (#538588)

    How DARE they plaster bases all over the world like some kind of mad empire!

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @06:00AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @06:00AM (#538589)

    DEATH to SOYLENT NIGGER NEWS

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Lagg on Thursday July 13 2017, @06:31AM (9 children)

    by Lagg (105) on Thursday July 13 2017, @06:31AM (#538596) Homepage Journal

    This is not going to cause any change in Chinese expansionist policy! We must be increasingly on the alert to prevent them taking over our base space! Thus knocking us out with superior numbers when they emerge! Mr. AC, WE MUST NOT ALLOW A BASE GAP

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    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @06:37AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @06:37AM (#538597)

      China has a population of well over a billion with a large imbalance of males over females. This is a global problem like Muslim extremism - they will export their demographic problem outward.

      • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Thursday July 13 2017, @01:44PM

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 13 2017, @01:44PM (#538681) Journal

        "This is a global problem like Muslim extremism"

        Hardly. There is good and bad to be said about the Chinese, but they aren't a very violent people. Muslims, on the other hand, thrive on violence. In fact, they rely on violence to keep their population under control - or as much under control as it is.

        And, while you're worrying about demographics, a lot of non-Chinese women are going to learn to love their Chinese special other.

        Forgive me if I don't get terribly excited about a lot of Chinese guys taking the women in Africa. Some of you butt ugly guys may have problems though. And, in the process, if you butt uglies aren't breeding, but the more civilized Chinese are, the world may actually improve a little.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @06:38AM (5 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @06:38AM (#538599)

      Chinese already have superior numbers and they could zerg rush any country except india and win.

      New plan: arrange for china and india to go to war causing every indian and chinese to be drafted and destroying both populations; then america can be great again!!

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @06:58AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @06:58AM (#538604)

        Throw Russia in - India is still no match for China by herself, especially with Pakistan lined up with China. Three-way gangbang for all-out annilhilation.

        #MAGA

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @07:02AM (3 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @07:02AM (#538607)

        New plan: arrange for china and india to go to war...

        Been tried before, Sino-Indian War, Google it.

        The jolly japes of Empire eh?, let's draw lines on maps and cause trouble...

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @07:10AM (2 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @07:10AM (#538610)

          Yes but this time let's have a war of attrition to cut the population down to more manageable numbers, like kill 950 million chinese and kill another 950 million indians, that should just about do it.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @08:42AM (1 child)

            by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @08:42AM (#538635)
            Only problem is such a war would be a nuclear war, and even such a limited regional nuclear war could have devastating global consequences [popsci.com]. The example given is of an India-Pakistan nuclear war, and a China-India nuclear war would be even worse. Plenty more would die from famine even far away from the places where the bombs fell.
            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @02:37AM

              by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @02:37AM (#538947)

              Somehow I doubt the other AC deems that a problem.

    • (Score: 2) by driverless on Friday July 14 2017, @02:29AM

      by driverless (4770) on Friday July 14 2017, @02:29AM (#538944)

      It's OK, most Americans don't even know where Djelibeybi, let alone care that the Agatean Empire is planning to build a base there.