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China sets up first overseas military base

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China’s global footprint is expanding. From Xinhua:

“Ships carrying Chinese military personnel departed Zhanjiang in southern China’s Guangdong Province on Tuesday to set up a support base in Djibouti.”“The establishment of the PLA Djibouti base . . . will ensure China’s performance of missions,...