China’s African take-over: Beijing has built infrastructure, lent billions and located its first overseas military base there – now top US general warns they want to built an Atlantic naval base

China’s African take-over: Beijing has built infrastructure, lent billions and located its first overseas military base there – now top US general warns they want to built an Atlantic naval base

• General Townsend, America’s top brass in Africa, has warned China is seeking a new western naval base
• The base, similar to one in Djibouti, would allow Beijing to project its military might into the Atlantic, he said
• Any new base would be just the latest chapter in a decades-long effort by China to gain influence in Africa
• Country has lent billions to African states while building roads, railways, ports, power stations, internet networks, government buildings in an effort to bring the continent under its sway

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