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China Signs Contract to Build First African Military Base

Victoria Stanley   |

Nov 25, 2015 03:01 PM EST

China nation has signed a signed a 10-year agreement to build a military base for the first time in Africa, this is acts as a strategy of expansion outside the Asia-Pacific region. According to The Hill, Gen. David Rodriguez the commander of U.S. Africa Command Army confirmed the news. China is on plans to begin building its first post which will be in Djibouti, a country on the Horn of Africa, which sits strategically at the mouth of the Red Sea. The base will include a port and an airfield. The moves signals that China is shifting from offshore defense to open seas protection.