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100	1		_aCABESTAN Jean-Pierre
245			_aChina's military base in Djibouti: a microcosm of China's growing competition with the United States and new bipolarity/ _cJean Pierre Cabestan
260			_c2020
520			_aIt explores the potential role that the Chinese military stationed in Djibouti could play to secure Xi Jinping's Belt and Road initiative and protect Chinese interests and nationals in Africa or the Middle East. The establishment of a military base in Djibouti is a turning point in China's foreign and security policy. This decision underscores China's as well as its leader Xi Jinping's new international ambitions. China has become more and more open about its real intentions: from a logistics support facility, the PLA base has rapidly turned into a full-fledged naval and army base able to conduct all sorts of missions.
650			_aCHINA _x MILITARY BASE
650			_aUNITED STATES
773			_aJournal Of Contemporary China : Vol.29, No. 126, September 2020, pp.731- 747 (102)
598			_a china
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2019.1704994 _z click for text
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