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Originally Posted by TigerII
Also, China is building a naval base on Sri Lanka, and is negotiating bases in Indonesia and Madagascar(Another former French territory). Even rumors of negotiations with Cuba and Venezuela, but if they got that close to America, I wonder what the US government would do.
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China is helping Sri Lanka to build a naval base, and there are similar projects in Burma and Pakistan. But as pointed out earlier, there is no known Chinese military bases outside its boarders, and I don't see why it need such things now. Even if there is such a need, how can China support such things: if a base is attacked, then what? Neither the Chinese navy or the air force has the capability to reach that far. A Base on Sri Lanka is even less feasible, unless they want a war with India.
Base in Indonesia? Come on, Man. Indonesia has some riots targeting Chinese descendants after the south east asia financial crisis in the late 90s. China also supported the independence of East Timor. The relations have improved, but military base?