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Is China Planning Bases in Pakistan and Afghanistan?

by Cobus van Staden
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin speaking at the regular press briefing in Beijing. Image via the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin shot down allegations in the Indian media that China is planning military bases in Pakistan and Afghanistan. 

The issue was raised at a Ministry briefing by a reporter for Agence France Presse, and dismissed summarily: 

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