You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Africa Subsaharan
US intelligence warns that China intends to build a warship base on the ATLANTIC Ocean in Equatorial Guinea in threat to Eastern Seaboard
2021-12-06
Posted by:Skidmark

#6  China makes lots of claims about being great explorers, yet no archeological evidence supporting those claims exists. The only diplomatic contact between China and the Roman Empire was the result of Roman merchants trading in (present-day) Vietnam and running into a Chinese ambassador.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2021-12-06 18:11  

#5  China had bases in East Africa in the 1400s IIRC.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2021-12-06 18:03  

#4  China has been an influencer on the resource rich south coast of west Africa for decades.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-12-06 15:53  

#3  I read this as the Chinese supporting their forward operating base at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Posted by: Matt   2021-12-06 14:34  

#2  Sweet and Sour: China in Ghana
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-12-06 10:17  

#1  China may be eyeing its first military base on the Atlantic Ocean: report
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-12-06 10:12  

00:00