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.

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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

psucc:
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

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..

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.

psucc:
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

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.

plavic:


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..

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.