China opens its first overseas Military base in Djibouti
China has formally opened its first overseas military base in Djibouti with a flag raising ceremony and military parade.
• The event was timed to coincide with the celebration of the 90th anniversary of the establishment of China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army, on August 1.
• Djibouti’s position on the northwestern edge of the Indian Ocean .
• Djibouti is a tiny barren nation sandwiched between Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia. It is at the southern entrance to the Red Sea on the route to the Suez Canal.
