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China Has Officially Opened Its First Military Base In Africa by AbiolaFawole(m): 9:41am On Aug 02, 2017 |
China has officially opened its first overseas military base in Djibouti, in the Horn of Africa. In a flag raising ceremony today (Aug.1), Chinese officials unveiled the base that Beijing insists is purely a support center for Chinese peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts in the region. “The Djibouti base has nothing to do with an arms race or military expansion, and China has no intention of turning the logistics center into a military foothold,” the state-run news agency Xinhua said in an English- language editorial earlier this month. Beijing has said base will be used to support naval missions along the coasts of Somalia and Yemen. China opened its first overseas support base in #Djibouti this morning (August 1) — the same day China marked the PLA's 90th birthday pic.twitter.com/fJhlxCvfSu — People's Daily,China (@PDChina) August 1, 2017 The fact that China’s first overseas base is in Africa reflects Chinese’s expanding engagement with the continent where several of China’s first major moves as a global power have taken place. China’s first overseas peacekeeping mission was in South Sudan, where 700 Chinese troops remain today and China has been part of other UN missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo , Mali, Liberia, and Sudan. Earlier this week, the Chinese ambassador to the African Union, Kuang Weilin, offered to send soldiers to a disputed border area between Eritrea and Djibouti that had been maintained by Qatari forces. Qatari peacekeepers pulled out of the area last month. It’s clear that China isn’t just motivated by humanitarian efforts. Djibouti is located near the Suez Canal, through which as much as 10% of the world’s sea-borne oil trade passes through every year.(Djibouti already houses several foreign security forces, including the United States military at Camp Lemonnier, Britain, Japan, and France.) It’s also part of China’s One Belt One Road” project, a massive network of transport links that roughly follows the ancient Silk Road. The Silk Road reinvented. (Reuters Graphics) Satellite images obtained by Stratfor, the US-based geopolitical intelligence platform, in April and July reveal a heavily fortified base with three layers of defense, an underground space of 23,000 square meters, and at least eight hangars for aircraft. Curiously, according to Stratfor, no dock had been constructed yet, despite the base’s main mission to support Chinese naval operations. “It is clear that Beijing is laying down the infrastructure to provide long-term support to naval vessels and some aircraft on the Horn of Africa, near one of the world’s chokepoints for trade,” Stratfor wrote. http://fawoleblog..nl/2017/08/china-has-officially-opened-its-first.html?m=1 |
Re: China Has Officially Opened Its First Military Base In Africa by psucc(m): 10:12am On Aug 02, 2017 |
The scramble for African countries colonization has once again resurfaces. Upon all the Intl treaties and conventions on human rights, sovereignty they still use africa as testing ground. Our leaders are our problems after all 2 Likes |
Re: China Has Officially Opened Its First Military Base In Africa by Nobody: 11:42am On Aug 02, 2017 |
psucc: You're right. These Chinese people do not care about us.. Infact, they despise Africans and consider them as subhumans.. They sell inferior and fake products to us e.g rubber rice, fake phones, fake electronics etc and yet we praise them.. Our leaders need to wake from their slumber.. |
Re: China Has Officially Opened Its First Military Base In Africa by Nobody: 3:11pm On Aug 02, 2017 |
That Japanese military base is the only Japanese military base anywhere outside Japan. Many believe this is a move by China to counter Japan's influence in Africa. Djibouti's major forex earner is leasing out parts of its territory to foreign powers to build military facilities. 5th foreign military base and counting. Nothing new,sir. |
Re: China Has Officially Opened Its First Military Base In Africa by ehemwhy(m): 7:31pm On Aug 02, 2017 |
psucc: Bro ..... i dont mind the brits colonizing us again .... i dont mind.... anything to save us from these theiving vampires we call politicians and leaders. 1 Like |
Re: China Has Officially Opened Its First Military Base In Africa by psucc(m): 7:53am On Aug 03, 2017 |
plavic:Sir with much respect I differ with you. China doesn't sell fake products, we buy them. The problem of Nigeria is inbuilt. The corruption is in the system. We've people at the borders to check this fake good but these men decide to trade the lives of Nigerians for a penny. |
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