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What Are China’s Military Ambitions?

Esquire 20 July 2017 Keep an eye on the Horn of Africa. Getty By Robert Bateman Jul 20, 2017 115 Russia, we noted last month, is boxed in by the tyranny of hydrography. They really have no way to get out onto the surface of the deep blue sea that is not constrained by land,...

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India joins US-Japan naval exercises

Asian Review 20 July 2017 Beijing’s ramped-up Indian Ocean activity has New Delhi on ‘full alert’ AKIRA HAYAKAWA, Nikkei staff writer MUMBAI...

Chinese warships en route to Baltic Sea

Estonian World Review 18 July 2017 The Chinese armada is heading to Europe, as Beijing and Moscow look to boost their strategic ties. The next iteration...

Sanctions extension likely to hamper US-Sudan relations

The East African 15 July 2017 Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir gives a press conference in the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum, on March...

China warns Japan to ‘get used to’ its bomber flights near Okinawa

news.com.au 17 July 2017 Jamie Seidel News Corp Australia Network CHINA this weekend sent a flight of six nuclear-capable bombers over...

Reading signals from China’s new military base

The Indian Express 14 July 2017 Written by Shubhajit Roy A photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency on Tuesday shows a ship carrying Chinese military...

String of Pearls

thehansindia.com 14 July 2017   . Ships carrying Chinese military personnel for Beijing’s first overseas military base, in Djibouti in...

6 reasons why India should be worried about China’s first military base in Africa

 Economic Times 13 July 2017 Siddharth Chakraborty The sea lanes in the Indian Ocean are considered among the most strategically important in...

China sends troops to open first overseas military base in Djibouti

Times of Malta 12 July 2017 Soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) stand on a ship sailing off from a military port in Zhanjiang,...

U.S. investigating Somali pirates for helping ISIS and al Shabaab terrorists

New York Daily News 10 July 2017 The Islamic State is reportedly getting help from Somali pirates, according to a report. (Uncredited/AP) BY Elizabeth...