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There Are NO Plans for China to Build a New Military Base in Kenya

by Eric Olander

Seemingly feeding off one another, Kenyan media outlets whipped themselves into a flurry over a rumour that China plans to build a new military base in the country.

These stories were predicated on the following statement in the Pentagon’s annual report to Congress on the Chinese military: (PAGE 128)

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