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The Chinese Navy’s Unusually Heavily Defended Fortress Near The Indian Ocean
China is building a string of overseas bases, with the furthest afield being in Djibouti. This base is particularly heavily defended, a modern-day fortress. It is hard not to draw parallels with ancient Chinese forts and of course the Great Wall of China.
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