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Chinese Troops in Djibouti Compete in a Military Skills Competition (That Also Made For a Cool Music Video)
Chinese troops in Djibouti recently (they didn't specify precisely when) held the "East African Warriors" military skills competition and leveraged the event to make a Wolf Warrior II-style music video that was no doubt a big hit among viewers back home. ...
Why Are Australians So Freaked Out About China’s Security Deal With the Solomon Islands? Because They Saw What Happened in Djibouti
China's promises that its new security pact with the Solomon Islands is not a precursor to the PLA building a new military installation in the South Pacific carry very little weight with Australian analysts who say they've heard these same assurances before. In ...
African Ambassadors to China and UN Officials in Horn of Africa Hold Talks
The United Nations Resident Coordinator in China, Siddharth Chatterjee, convened an online forum on Monday that included his peers from UN missions throughout the Horn of Africa (HoA) and a group of HoA ambassadors in Beijing as well as the envoy from the African Union.
New Transport Corridor Gives China Direct Access to the Indian Ocean for the First Time
A new overland transport corridor has made history by linking China directly to the Indian Ocean for the first time. Built jointly by Chinese provinces and Singapore, the transport corridor links the Chinese manufacturing hub of Chongqing with Vientiane, ...
Chinese Special Envoy Visits Djibouti as Part of Horn Tour
Xue Bing, China’s recently-appointed Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa, continued his tour of the region with a visit to Djibouti. He held separate meetings with President Ismail Omar Guelleh, and Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Djibouti’s Foreign Minister. ...
How ‘Small State Opportunism’ Shapes China’s Pursuit of Overseas Military Bases
By Chris Alden and Lukas Fiala, China Foresight, LSE IDEAS When Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh publicly confirmed China’s intentions of building a military base near the Doraleh port in 2015, Beijing’s move was met with deep suspicion across ...
Conservative Think Tank Analysts in DC Want the White House to Formally Recognize Somaliland as a Challenge to China
There are growing calls among prominent conservative foreign policy analysts in Washington, D.C. for the United States to extend formal diplomatic recognition to the self-declared state of Somaliland as a way to confront "the growing threat from China and uncertainty over Djibouti's future."
U.S. Generals Continue to Insist China Plans to Build New Military Bases in Africa Even Though There’s No Evidence
The United States military is turning up the volume on its longstanding allegation that China is actively considering building new military bases around the world, including in four African countries. The Pentagon restated the assertion earlier this month in a report to Congress, even though ...
How the U.S. Allegation Over More Chinese Bases in Africa Fits into a Broader U.S. Narrative
The conservative Heritage Foundation's Senior Policy Analyst for Africa and the Middle East, Joshua Meservey, commented on Friday about the U.S. Defense Department report that included the allegation that China is considering at least four countries in Africa to build new military outposts. Meservey
China’s New Ambassador to Djibouti Speaks With Jeune Afrique in One of His First Interviews With International Media
It's still relatively rare that Chinese ambassadors in Africa do interviews with the international media and even it's more notable that a relatively new envoy makes himself available to publications like the Paris-based magazine and website Jeune Afrique (JA). Hu Bin, ...
How a Port Expansion in a Tiny, Self-Declared African Country Reverberates Around the World
One of the key discussions in the run-up to the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit is whether China is stepping away from funding large-scale infrastructure projects like roads and ports. So it was particularly interesting to see the announcement this week of ...
One of Those “Only in Djibouti” Days
Djibouti's Chief of the General Staff of the Armies, Lieutenant General Zakaria Cheikh Ibrahim (photo), had a very busy day last Thursday hosting senior naval commanders from both China and the United States for a series of meetings that can only happen in the strategically located country on ...