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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).
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(Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday July 13 2017, @02:14PM (3 children)
It's worse because they try to mislead about their intentions from the start. Of course they won't bother with a military base unless it gives them something back. Like a stronger military power. And the rationale is likely to protect "Chinese" business that is in the resource extraction business.
So more like "We shoot you if you stop Chinese proxies".
(Score: 2) by srobert on Friday July 14 2017, @03:43AM (1 child)
It's disconcerting that anyone other than the Americans are being permitted to extract wealth from Africa. Trump should do something about that.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Friday July 14 2017, @04:17AM
I'll guess that's called self interest? :-)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 14 2017, @04:13AM
You're just jealous that China has intentions that go beyond next quarters numbers, or Friday drinks after work. Go back to playing regime change in the Mid East and leave the rest of Africa for the Chinese.