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The US has asked China to urge Tehran to rein in Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacking commercial ships in the Red Sea, but has seen little sign of help from Beijing, according to American officials.

But US officials said there was little evidence China had put any pressure on Iran to restrain the Houthis, beyond a mild statement Beijing issued last week calling on “relevant parties” to ensure safe passage for vessels sailing through the Red Sea, a critical shipping route for global trade.

On Wednesday, the Chinese foreign ministry said Beijing was calling for a stop to “disturbance to civilian ships” and had “been in close communication with various parties and worked actively to alleviate the tension in the Red Sea”.

However, in veiled [?] criticism of the US and UK attacks on the Houthis, the ministry urged the “relevant parties to avoid adding fuel to the fire”, adding that the UN Security Council had “never authorised the use of force by any country on Yemen”.

The Red Sea tension was also a “spillover” from the Gaza conflict, which should be ended as soon as possible, the ministry said.[...]

US officials had hoped Beijing would take action because it viewed the Houthi attacks as a menace to its own commercial interests, given that the Red Sea was a critical route for Chinese exports to Europe.[...]

The Chinese embassy in the US said [...] China was concerned about the “escalating tension” in the Red Sea. The embassy said it served the common interests of the international community and that China urged “relevant parties to play a constructive and responsible role in keeping the Red Sea safe and stable”.

23 Jan 24

Several Chinese shipping lines have been redeploying their vessels to serve the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, in what analysts have said is an effort to exploit China’s perceived immunity from the Houthi attacks that have driven most other operators out of the area.

These smaller Chinese lines have been serving ports such as Doraleh in Djibouti, Hodeidah [sic] in [Ansar-Controlled] Yemen and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, all of which have faced big falls in traffic as international container shipping lines have rerouted to avoid potential attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

Among the shipping lines redeploying its fleet is Qingdao-based Transfar Shipping, which on its website describes itself as “an emerging player in the transpacific market”[...]

Leaders of the group have said that they will not attack vessels associated with China or Russia[...] as long as they have no Israeli links. The US has asked China to urge Iran to rein in the Houthis, without apparent success.

24 Jan 24

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When the Houthis attacked the Israeli-linked merchant vessel Galaxy Leader on Nov. 19, it was clear that shipping had entered a new and dangerous phase. Not only did the militia, which rules parts of Yemen, successfully take over a large tanker sailing in the Red Sea: It also filmed the undertaking, which garnered massive global attention. Since then, the attacks have accelerated at such an extraordinary rate that the world’s largest shipping companies will no longer sail through the Red Sea.

That means reduced traffic through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea—and harm to Egypt’s economy. The collision between Middle Eastern acrimony and global shipping means that you’ll have to wait longer for some of your favorite consumer goods.

One must grant the Houthis this: The video they released after seizing the Galaxy Leader and taking its crew hostage was slick. That, of course, was the point. The Houthis were eager to tell the world that they could target any ship they liked. Indeed, the Iran-linked force declared that any Israeli ship might encounter the same fate as the Galaxy Leader. That was no consolation for ships not owned by Israeli firms: The Houthis would define what constituted an Israeli-linked ship.

And since then, the attacks have accelerated fast. All manner of ships traversing the Red Sea have been targeted with missiles, drones, or attempted seizures. On Dec. 12, for example, Houthi fighters fired a missile on the Norwegian-owned tanker Strinda, claiming that it was headed for Israel when it was in fact en route to Italy. Two days later, a tanker owned by Danish shipping line A.P. Moller Maersk was targeted in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and the day after that, a Hapag-Lloyd-owned container ship was hit. On Dec. 18, another three ships were hit in the Red Sea, including the Cayman Islands-flagged chemical tanker Swan Atlantic.

Western naval vessels are trying to help their merchant-navy colleagues. On Dec. 16, the U.K. Royal Navy’s HMS Diamond shot down a Houthi missile fired against a tanker. The French Navy’s FS Languedoc has downed a drone. Within one morning, USS Carney downed 14 drones heading toward merchant vessels.

But even such help hasn’t calmed the rapidly growing alarm among global shipping lines. On Dec. 15, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd announced that they were diverting their ships away from the Red Sea. Two days later, CMA CGM of France, the Swiss giant MSC, and China’s Yang Ming joined the exodus from the storied strip of water that connects the Suez Canal (and thus the Mediterranean) with the Bab el-Mandeb Strait (and thus the Indian Ocean). Maersk, MSC, and Hapag-Lloyd represent around 40 percent of ocean shipping.

Their departure is likely to cause a dramatic plunge in traffic through the Suez Canal, which accounts for 12 percent of global trade and an astonishing 30 percent of container shipping. On an average day, 50 ships travel through the canal, transporting $3 billion to $9 billion worth of cargo. The Red Sea, which has nearly the same amount of traffic (and which also serves many local ports, including Jeddah, Djibouti, the Port of Sudan, Egypt’s Safaga, and Aden), stands to lose in equal measure. Western navies are trying their best, but it’s no surprise that the shipping lines are diverting their ships.

“The change in dynamic here is that it isn’t shipping caught up in the crossfire of conflict, such as the war in Ukraine, but shipping being directly targeted,” said Simon Lockwood, an executive in charge of shipping at the global insurance broker Willis Towers Watson. War insurance premiums for vessels traversing the Red Sea have already risen to headline rates of at least 0.7 percent of the value of a ship’s cargo. Only Russia’s and Ukraine’s ports have significantly higher war risk headline rates, of around 1 percent.

At a 0.7 percent rate, a ship carrying $1 million worth of cargo through the Red Sea pays $70,000 in war risk insurance alone. And the ship’s owners will pass that cost on. “The first thing that happens when the risks to ships increase is that the premiums rise; that’s how war insurance works,” said Svein Ringbakken, the managing director of the Oslo-based maritime war risk underwriter Den Norske Krigsforsikring for Skib. “And long-established mechanisms help shipping companies pass on these costs to their customers,” he added.

The Houthis’ campaign is, in fact, already wreaking havoc on global shipping. “The East-West container trade relies on the Red Sea and the Suez Canal,” Lockwood noted. “With the major lines diverting to other routes, there will be significant delays and increased cost. And there will be knock-on effects on international trade.”

Ringbakken added: “Now large shipping companies are including in their contracts the option of going around the Cape of Good Hope. That means an additional 10-12 days, or longer in case of tankers that don’t travel very fast. That means that transportation costs will also rise significantly.” The suddenly much longer routes also mean logistical disruption in global supply chains. “We’re entering the same territory as during COVID and after Ever Given,” Ringbakken said. “It’s not good news for the globalized economy. People will have to wait longer for their goods.”

On Dec. 17, the chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), Osama Rabea, said that since the attack on the Galaxy Leader, 55 vessels had opted to instead travel via the Cape of Good Hope. That’s a small number compared to the 2,128 ships that traversed the canal during that period, but with the major shipping lines just having announced their diversions from the Red Sea, it’s likely to rise sharply.

Even Operation Prosperity Guardian, the aptly named mission to protect Red Sea shipping announced by the U.S. Defense Department, won’t be able to fully restore calm to the choppy waters. The operation’s participating naval vessels will have to act with restraint lest they accidentally trigger a conflict with the Houthis and, by extension, Iran. And if they do use force against the Houthis, for example by firing retaliatory missiles, it still leaves merchant vessels exposed to whatever violence the Houthis decide to visit on them.

Indeed, shipping has become the new front line of geopolitics. As I have documented in Foreign Policy and elsewhere, Iran and Israel have for years been engaged in a proxy war involving shipping, and more recently, China has stepped up its harassment of Philippine vessels to frighten the global shipping industry—and as a result, manufacturers—away from the Philippines.

There is, of course, very little that shipping lines can do to deter such determined attackers, and no navy is large enough to provide escort to all the merchant vessels that might need it.

Even 10 years ago, the necessary technology was so expensive and inaccessible that not even the most ambitious Houthi commander could have pulled off a drone attack on a merchant vessel. But it’s not just that military-style technology has become affordable: The Houthis have identified a gap in global shipping, which can mostly protect itself against piracy and has contingency plans for war.

Until late November, though, shipping lines hadn’t reckoned with sophisticated attacks by statelike militias. The Houthis’ successful campaign in the Red Sea is, in fact, likely to inspire other proxy forces to seek fame and power through attacks on merchant vessels.

In addition to the shipping lines and their customers, there’s one clear loser from the unfolding tanker war: Egypt. The SCA provides one of the country’s most significant and most stable incomes. Between June 2022 and June this year, the SCA saw its revenues reach a record high of $9.4 billion. During that time, 25,887 ships passed through the canal, up from 23,800 during the previous fiscal year. It’s hardly surprising that Rabea, the SCA chairman, has been at pains to reassure shipowners that the risks facing ships in the Suez Canal are manageable.

The question, though, is how Cairo will respond to the predicament posed by the tanker conflict and the harm that it’s causing Egypt. Could it decide to try to punish Iran and the Houthis? That, of course, brings the risk of the tanker war exploding into a more wide-ranging and deadlier one.

Forces keen on disruption have decided that shipping is an extremely attractive target, and it’s even more attractive because some of the world’s most convenient shipping lanes are in geopolitically choppy Middle Eastern waters. Get ready for delayed goods and more expensive consumer products. I hope you bought your Christmas presents long ago. Happy Holidays!

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Here is a list of country names along with their capitals:

Country    -   capital

Afghanistan - Kabul

Albania - Tirana

Algeria - Algiers

Andorra - Andorra la Vella

Angola - Luanda

Antigua and Barbuda - St. John's

Argentina - Buenos Aires

Armenia - Yerevan

Australia - Canberra

Austria - Vienna

Azerbaijan - Baku

Bahamas - Nassau

Bahrain - Manama

Bangladesh - Dhaka

Barbados - Bridgetown

Belarus - Minsk

Belgium - Brussels

Belize - Belmopan

Benin - Porto-Novo

Bhutan - Thimphu

Bolivia - La Paz (administrative capital), Sucre (constitutional capital)

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo

Botswana - Gaborone

Brazil - Brasília

Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan

Bulgaria - Sofia

Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou

Burundi - Bujumbura

Cabo Verde - Praia

Cambodia - Phnom Penh

Cameroon - Yaoundé

Canada - Ottawa

Central African Republic - Bangui

Chad - N'Djamena

Chile - Santiago

China - Beijing

Colombia - Bogotá

Comoros - Moroni

Congo (Democratic Republic of the) - Kinshasa

Congo (Republic of the) - Brazzaville

Costa Rica - San José

Croatia - Zagreb

Cuba - Havana

Cyprus - Nicosia

Czech Republic - Prague

Denmark - Copenhagen

Djibouti - Djibouti

Dominica - Roseau

Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo

East Timor - Dili

Ecuador - Quito

Egypt - Cairo

El Salvador - San Salvador

Equatorial Guinea - Malabo

Eritrea - Asmara

Estonia - Tallinn

Eswatini - Mbabane (administrative), Lobamba (royal and legislative)

Ethiopia - Addis Ababa

Fiji - Suva

Finland - Helsinki

France - Paris

Gabon - Libreville

Gambia - Banjul

Georgia - Tbilisi

Germany - Berlin

Ghana - Accra

Greece - Athens

Grenada - St. George's

Guatemala - Guatemala City

Guinea - Conakry

Guinea-Bissau - Bissau

Guyana - Georgetown

Haiti - Port-au-Prince

Honduras - Tegucigalpa

Hungary - Budapest

Iceland - Reykjavik

India - New Delhi

Indonesia - Jakarta

Iran - Tehran

Iraq - Baghdad

Ireland - Dublin

Israel - Jerusalem

Italy - Rome

Jamaica - Kingston

Japan - Tokyo

Jordan - Amman

Kazakhstan - Nur-Sultan

Kenya - Nairobi

Kiribati - South Tarawa

Korea (North) - Pyongyang

Korea (South) - Seoul

Kosovo - Pristina

Kuwait - Kuwait City

Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek

Laos - Vientiane

Latvia - Riga

Lebanon - Beirut

Lesotho - Maseru

Liberia - Monrovia

Libya - Tripoli

Liechtenstein - Vaduz

Lithuania - Vilnius

Luxembourg - Luxembourg City

Madagascar - Antananarivo

Malawi - Lilongwe

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur

Maldives - Male

Mali - Bamako

Malta - Valletta

Marshall Islands - Majuro

Mauritania - Nouakchott

Mauritius - Port Louis

Mexico - Mexico City

Micronesia - Palikir

Moldova - Chisinau

Monaco - Monaco

Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar

Montenegro - Podgorica

Morocco - Rabat

Mozambique - Maputo

Myanmar (Burma) - Naypyidaw

Namibia - Windhoek

Nauru - Yaren

Nepal - Kathmandu

Netherlands - Amsterdam (capital), The Hague (seat of government)

New Zealand - Wellington

Nicaragua - Managua

Niger - Niamey

Nigeria - Abuja

North Macedonia - Skopje

Norway - Oslo

Oman - Muscat

Pakistan - Islamabad

Palau - Ngerulmud

Panama - Panama City

Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby

Paraguay - Asunción

Peru - Lima

Philippines - Manila

Poland - Warsaw

Portugal - Lisbon

Qatar - Doha

Romania - Bucharest

Russia - Moscow

Rwanda - Kigali

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre

Saint Lucia - Castries

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown

Samoa - Apia

San Marino - San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tome

Saudi Arabia - Riyadh

Senegal - Dakar

Serbia - Belgrade

Seychelles - Victoria

Sierra Leone - Freetown

Singapore - Singapore

Slovakia - Bratislava

Slovenia - Ljubljana

Solomon Islands - Honiara

Somalia - Mogadishu

South Africa - Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)

South Sudan - Juba

Spain - Madrid

Sri Lanka - Colombo (executive), Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative)

Sudan - Khartoum

Suriname - Paramaribo

Sweden - Stockholm

Switzerland - Bern

Syria - Damascus

Taiwan - Taipei

Tajikistan - Dushanbe

Tanzania - Dodoma

Thailand - Bangkok

Togo - Lomé

Tonga - Nuku'alofa

Trinidad and Tobago - Port of Spain

Tunisia - Tunis

Turkey - Ankara

Turkmenistan - Ashgabat

Tuvalu - Funafuti

Uganda - Kampala

Ukraine - Kyiv

United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom - London

United States - Washington, D.C.

Uruguay - Montevideo

Uzbekistan - Tashkent

Vanuatu - Port Vila

Vatican City - Vatican City

Venezuela - Caracas

Vietnam - Hanoi

Yemen - Sana'a

Zambia - Lusaka

Zimbabwe - Harare

Abkhazia - Sukhumi

Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) - Stepanakert

Cook Islands - Avarua

Kosovo - Pristina

Niue - Alofi

Northern Cyprus - North Nicosia

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic - El Aaiún

Somaliland - Hargeisa

South Ossetia - Tskhinvali

Transnistria - Tiraspol

Catalonia - Barcelona

Kurdistan - Erbil

Scotland - Edinburgh

Tibet - Lhasa

West Papua - Manokwari

Please note that the status and recognition of some of these regions may vary, and they may not be universally recognized as independent countries or have widespread international recognition.

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Somaliland is where India can counter China in east Africa

India should develop closer relations with Somaliland, especially by using its port. This could provide India a valuable tool for countering China’s influence along the eastern coast of Africa. In looking for access to the Red Sea, India should avoid overcrowded Djibouti and opt for Somaliland’s port of Berbera. Berbera handles 1/10 as much traffic as Djibouti’s port, but it is growing, thanks to…

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[ultrajaphunter]

RuZZian strategy in Africa -

context and the playbook.

RuZZia has been aggressively pursuing its strategic objectives in Africa in recent years—securing a foothold in the eastern Mediterranean, gaining naval port access in the Red Sea, expanding natural resource extraction opportunities, displacing Western influence, and promoting alternatives to democracy as a regional norm.

Unlike several other European countries (like France, Italy, Portugal, and the United Kingdom),

RuZZia has never had any formal colonial presence in #Africa,

although it has a deep and violent colonial history in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe.

The closest it came in Africa was in 1889, when RuZZian explorer Nikolai Ashinov undertook an unsanctioned mission to secure a foothold on the continent for his country.

He landed with a small contingent in Sagallo, a town in what is now Djibouti, and briefly declared it “New Moscow.” Djibouti was, however, already occupied by the French, who sent the brazen Ashinov and his men packing in less than a month.

RuZZia’s geographic isolation from access to the continent, and the fact that many of its European counterparts had beaten it to Africa, meant that it would have to change tack to gain a foothold on the continent.

No less interested than Europe in Africa and the strategic benefits and resources it offered,

RuZZia crafted a shrewder means to extract wealth from Africa and increase its strategic reach and influence.

The Soviet Union, looking for allies during the Cold War, identified with the exclusion many African countries felt and leveraged their sympathy to embed influence and,

in some cases, patronage networks among the political elite. Importantly,

their advances were not simply passively accepted but often sought by African leaders.

This model is traceable until the present day, where it continues to be a simple yet highly effective mode of outreach to decisionmakers and power brokers to wield outsize influence and returns for very little investment.

In terms of traditional bilateral transactions (such as investment, aid, or trade),

RuZZia brings relatively little to the table economically, but what it offers politically and financially to a few affords it extensive influence.

Investment: In total, RuZZian investment amounts to less than 1 percent of foreign direct investment into Africa, much smaller than investments from Europe, North America, and Asian countries.

In 2019, RuZZian foreign direct investment was less than one-sixth that of the biggest investor, the Netherlands, and only 20 percent of what China had invested in the continent in the same year.

It was also significantly less than what South Africa and Mauritius had invested on the continent.

Like most of these other countries, RuZZia has concentrated its investment almost wholly on resources and energy extraction.

[xtruss]

Beijing Is Going Places—and Building Naval Bases

Here are the top destinations that might be next.

— July 27, 2023 | By Alexander Wooley and Sheng Zhang | Foreign Policy

People welcome China’s space-tracking ship Yuanwang-5 at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota International Port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, on Aug. 16, 2022. Ajith Perera/Xinhua Via Getty Images

China famously built its first overseas base, a launchpad for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), in Djibouti in 2017. Where will it build the next one?

To answer that question, the authors drew on a new AidData data set that focuses on ports and infrastructure construction financed by Chinese state-owned entities in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2021 and implemented between 2000 and 2023. The detailed data set captures 123 seaport projects at 78 ports in 46 countries, worth a combined $29.9 billion.

A core assumption of our analysis is that Chinese financing and construction of harbor and related infrastructure, either through foreign aid or investment, is one indicator of ports or bases that might serve the PLAN in times of peace or war. And with reason: Chinese law mandates that nominally civilian ports provide logistic support to the Chinese navy if, as, and when needed. Financial ties established through port construction and expansion are enduring, with a long-term life cycle to the relationship. Beijing also sees a corresponding nonmonetary debt to its outlays: The larger the investment, the more leverage China should have to ask for favors.

Our data reveals that China is a maritime superpower ashore as well as afloat, with extraordinary ties in the world’s low- and middle-income countries. Chinese state-owned banks have lent $499 million to expand the port of Nouakchott, Mauritania, a nation where the total GDP is around $10 billion. Freetown, in Sierra Leone, has seen its port financed to the tune of $759 million, in a country where total GDP is $4 billion. It is a worldwide portfolio, stretching even to the Caribbean. The symbolic beachhead there is Antigua and Barbuda, where in late 2022, Chinese entities spent $107 million to complete the expansion of wharfage and sea walls at St. John’s Port, dredge the harbor, and build shoreside facilities.

Drawing a connection between an ostensibly commercial investment and future naval bases may seem odd to those unfamiliar with China’s way of doing business. But a Chinese port construction or operating company can be traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and also be an official government entity. Among the major players in port construction is China Communications Construction Company, Ltd. (CCCC), a majority state-owned, publicly traded, multinational engineering and construction company. One of its port subsidiaries is China Harbour Engineering Company, Ltd. (CHEC). Both are major players in building ports overseas. In 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce sanctioned CCCC for its role in constructing artificial islands in the South China Sea.

To narrow down the basing options, we applied other criteria too, including strategic location, size of port and depth of water, and potential host country relations with Beijing—measured, for example, by alignment in voting in the U.N. General Assembly. Where available, we also drew on publicly available satellite imagery as well as geospatial mapping sources and techniques.

From this, we arrived at a shortlist of the eight most likely candidates for a future PLAN base: Hambantota, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰; Bata, Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶; Gwadar, Pakistan 🇵🇰; Kribi, Cameroon 🇨🇲; Ream, Cambodia 🇰🇭; Luganville, Vanuatu 🇻🇺; Nacala, Mozambique 🇲🇿; and Nouakchott, Mauritania 🇲🇷.

Chinese-Funded Port Infrastructure and Most Likely Naval Base Locations

Chinese state-owned entities have committed $29.9 billion to finance 123 projects to expand or construct 78 ports in 46 countries from 2000-2021. This map shows formally approved, active, or completed projects for 49 ports and highlights the eight locations of those most likely to be used as Chinese naval bases.

Note: Map excludes pledged funding and canceled or suspended projects. Russia’s port of Sabetta (the Yamal liquefied natural gas project) is also excluded. It has received an estimated $14.9 billion from China; however, researchers were unable to disaggregate the amount that went solely to the Sabetta seaport. Map By Sarina Patterson/AidData. Source: AidData/William & Mary

Ousting or outflanking the United States in the Western Pacific is a priority for Beijing, as is challenging the United States, India, and the rest of the so-called Quad alliance in the Indian Ocean. And more than half of our shortlist is indeed Indo-Pacific-oriented, as is Djibouti. What’s surprising is the intensity of Chinese investment, including in ports, on the Atlantic side of Africa. Factoring in Chinese port operators, China is more active across a greater number of ports on the Atlantic side of Africa than on the Indian Ocean, where so much geopolitical attention has been focused. China has been building ports from Mauritania southward around West Africa, through the Gulf of Guinea, and to Cameroon, Angola, and Gabon.

A base in West or Central Africa would be a bold play for a navy that is still getting its blue-water legs just 15 years after learning how to operate far from home, in the anti-piracy missions in the Gulf of Aden. Atlantic bases would put the PLAN in relative proximity to Europe, the Strait of Gibraltar, and key trans-Atlantic shipping lanes. And a shift to the Atlantic would be against the run of play. The United States has been obsessed with the Indo-Pacific, inking the AUKUS security partnership with the U.K. and Australia, deepening logistics ties with India, returning to the Philippines and the Solomon Islands, and cooperating on defense with Papua New Guinea. A PLAN base in the Atlantic would wrong-foot the naval calculus of Washington and Brussels, and send planners back to the drawing board.

We also find that China likes to put its ports in out-of-the-way places. One example is Beijing’s heavy investment in the port of Caio, an exclave province of Angola. Sometimes there are simple explanations: a lack of natural harbors of sufficient depth of water, or proximity to natural resources. But according to one shipping executive, Chinese entities in the past have seen their ports exposed to labor strife, public protests, and other disruptions, and so now prefer to distance themselves from these situations. Chinese entities likely prefer secure new locations where they can ensure majority and unfettered control or avoid a host country’s public opinion backlash. These would also be selling points in determining where to locate a naval facility.

More on our top eight most likely PLAN bases, highlighted on the map:

1. Hambantota, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

China has collectively sunk more than $2 billion dollars into Hambantota—the most of any port anywhere in the world, according to our data set. Beijing exercises direct control over the facility. Coupled with its strategic location, the popularity of China among elites and the population, and Sri Lanka’s alignment with China in U.N. General Assembly voting, Hambantota is our top candidate for a future base.

2. Bata, Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶

Sources in the U.S. Defense Department raised concerns about Chinese interest in a base at Bata, which were then picked up by mainstream media. The absence of any official statement by Beijing on a base is not necessarily conclusive—there were repeated denials from China about any such intentions for Djibouti, right up until the time an announcement was made that a base was coming. The commercial investment was used as the entree, but within months, construction had begun. Politically, Equatorial Guinea (as well as Cameroon and Togo) are all family dynasties or authoritarian regimes in power for years with succession plans in place or mooted. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index in 2022, all three rank toward the very bottom of global democracy rankings: Togo at 130th, Cameroon at 140th and Equatorial Guinea at 158th.

3. Gwadar, Pakistan 🇵🇰

The China-Pakistan relationship is both strategic and economic. Pakistan is the flagship country for China’s big Belt and Road infrastructure gambit, and it’s Beijing’s single largest customer for military exports. In Pakistan, Chinese warships are already a fixture: As it modernizes, Pakistan’s navy has become the largest foreign purchaser of Chinese arms, operating modern Chinese-designed surface warships and submarines. Gwadar itself is strategically situated in the far west of Pakistan, providing cover for the Strait of Hormuz. China is significantly more popular with the Pakistani public than the United States is. Though troubled, Pakistan is a democracy, and so China cannot necessarily permanently count on a leadership friendly to the notion of a naval base. Much could hang on the fate in Pakistan of the massive China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the belle of the Belt and Road ball, of which Gwadar is a big component. The stakes and scrutiny are high, and success or otherwise of the economic corridor could impact receptiveness to a PLAN base.

4. Kribi, Cameroon 🇨🇲

The Kribi port trails only Hambantota in terms of the size of Chinese investment. It is Bata’s most likely competitor, but the ports are only about 100 miles apart. China would likely only choose one. Cameroon’s U.N. General Assembly voting and overall geopolitical positioning aligns well with China. Elsewhere, Caio in Angola, Freetown in Sierra Leone, and Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire would all be basing possibilities, based on the size of Beijing’s investments there. Of Sierra Leone’s two main political parties, one (the All People’s Congress) is closely linked to China. At political rallies, its supporters have chanted phrases such as “We are Chinese” and “We are black Chinese.” Beijing has successfully insinuated itself into the political life of the country.

5. Ream, Cambodia 🇰🇭

While the official investment to date has been small, Ream, Cambodia, is very likely to be a PLAN facility in one form or another. While the United States and the West are popular with Cambodians, Prime Minister Hun Sen is a longtime ally of Beijing, and it is he who matters. Although he plans to step down in August to be replaced by his son, he’s expected to continue to call the shots. The elites of Cambodia have done well under Belt and road Initiative and are aligned closely with China. In 2020, Cambodia’s voting in the U.N. General Assembly mirrored that of China and coincided with the United States on just 19 of 100 contested votes that year, a rate only slightly higher than Iran, Cuba, and Syria. Hun Sen denies that Ream will be hosting the PLAN anytime soon, but the evidence indicates otherwise.

6. Luganville, Vanuatu 🇻🇺

Beijing has spent decades trying to crack the first island chain that hems it in. A PLAN base, perhaps not very large, makes sense somewhere in the South or Central Pacific. While our data shows only limited Chinese investments in port infrastructure in the region thus far, Vanuatu is one location where construction has been funded, at Port Luganville on the island of Espiritu Santo. An investment of $97 million is not small, as it puts Vanuatu in the top 30 investments globally, according to our data. And there is precedent: In World War II, the strategically located island was home to one of the largest U.S. Navy advanced bases and repair facilities in the Pacific. The Canal du Segond in front of Luganville was a massive, sheltered anchorage, home to fleets, floating dry docks, an air base, and supply bases.

7. Nacala, Mozambique 🇲🇿

While China’s port investments in Mozambique have not been on the same scale as in other locations, neither have they been insignificant. Mozambique also has not seen the backlash to Chinese loans and investments witnessed in other countries in East and Southern Africa, such as Kenya and Tanzania. China is popular with elites and the general population, and it sponsors a significant amount of the country’s media content. The question is: Where to site a base? Maputo is the largest port, but it is run by the government and Dubai Ports World. China has funded construction or expansion in both Beira and Nacala—both ports make our top 20 in terms of investment totals. Beira is likely too shallow for large warships, as it requires regular dredging. Nacala would make the most sense—it has seen sizable Chinese investment and is a deep-water port.

8. Nouakchott, Mauritania 🇲🇷

Mauritania is removed from the logjam of PLAN options in West and Central Africa; Nouakchott is more than 2,000 miles northwest of Bata, for example. The West African nation is also significantly closer to Europe and chokepoints such as the Strait of Gibraltar—roughly only two days’ steaming at 20 knots. At the 2020 U.N. Human Rights Council hearing on China’s new security law for Hong Kong, 53 countries supported China, including Antigua and Barbuda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka—and Mauritania.

Wild Card: Russia 🇷🇺?

While China has been spending loads in the developing world, it could still try for a base in the nearly developed world, by co-locating fleet units at one or more Russian navy bases. There is a clear upside from the Chinese perspective: It doesn’t have to persuade the Russian leadership that the United States and Europe are a threat, and there’s little danger of any U.S. charm offensive to lure Russia away.

Russia has naval bases across its vast land mass, many of which are Cold War legacies. What could be attractive to PLAN naval planners would be a base in the North Pacific Ocean. Such a facility—say, the existing Russian base at Vilyuchinsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula—would be secure, distant from public scrutiny, make use of existing warship docking and repair facilities, and have the merit of placing the PLAN between Japan, a U.S. ally, and Alaska. In both 2021 and 2022, the PLAN and the Russian Navy conducted extensive joint exercises in the East China Sea and western Pacific, including circumnavigating the Japanese main islands. China could also share facilities with the Russian Navy in the Barents Sea, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia, or Kola Bay, a natural harbor off the Barents Sea, providing it access to the North Atlantic.

— Rory Fedorochko and Sarina Patterson contributed to this report — Alexander Wooley is a Journalist and Former Officer in the British Royal Navy.

— Sheng Zhang is a Research Analyst with AidData's Chinese Development Finance Program, where he tracks underreported financial flows and leads geospatial data collection. He is the co-author of a previous AidData report on China’s global development footprint, Banking on the Belt and Road.

[darnellafrica]

China 🇨🇳 rarely visits the Atlantic for “friendly port visits.” Perhaps they are sending a signal to the United States 🇺🇸‽

Three Chinese warships led by a destroyer arrived in the waters off Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, on 2 June, in a friendly visit that draws attention to China’s expanding military presence on the continent.

The fleet comprised MSL Destroyer Nanning, MSL Frigate Sanya and supply ship Weishanhu. Only the destroyer berthed for a port call through 6 July, according to the Nigerian Navy, who said the visit would strengthen relations between Nigeria and China.

China 🇨🇳 already has a military base in Djibouti 🇩🇯 (ironically a few kilometers away from the United States 🇺🇸 military base according to the Africa Report), & they are building another military base in Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶.

The United States 🇺🇸 boasts numerous military bases on the continent of Africa (far more than China 🇨🇳), although we will probably see more reports of an “expanding China 🇨🇳 challenging America 🇺🇸” in the news.

[hardynwa]

Chinese naval ships on rare Nigeria visit

Three Chinese military ships are in Nigeria on a rare visit which officials say is aimed at improving maritime security. The arrival of the fleet - which is led by a destroyer - comes six months after a new billion-dollar deep sea port was opened in Lagos. It was Chinese-built and China has retained a majority shareholding in the company that runs the facility. Correspondents say the port and naval visit are further signs of China's growing presence in Africa. Nigeria is a major oil supplier to China. In a statement, China's ambassador in Nigeria Cui Jianchun described the event as a major move in China-Nigeria relations saying it "demonstrates the high degree of political mutual trust between the two countries which will have a profound impact on development". The Nigerian navy led by Rear Admiral JD Akpan expressed "willingness to work with China to tackle maritime security threats and maintain stability in the Gulf of Guinea". Last year US defence officials expressed concern that America's national security could be under threat if China sets up a military base on the West African coastline. In 2017, China opened its first overseas naval base in Djibouti on the East African coast. Read the full article

[stormzyismyson]

Chinese Expansionism

Chinese claim today even the land under Mongols(Yuan) and Manchurian(Qing) rulers who had conquered China first.

6.1Million km sqaure of 9.6Million km square Chinese land is occupied territory including Tibet, South Mongolia, Manchuria , East Turkestan.

Population of occupied territories = 29.6 M . Population of China = 1.4 B.

Tajikistan officially ceded away 1000 km sqaure land to China.However, China still claims more land.

China also claims the entirety of Mongolia because the Mongols dynasty which ruled China also had Mongolia as their territory. The only reason why Mongolia is a free country is because it acts as a buffer state between Russia and China.

China also claims Korean peninsula because they believe Korea was historicaally a vassal state of many imperial chinese dynasties.

The original inhabitants of Taiwan, the Taiwanese aboriginal people were subjucated and subdued by the Chinese invaders.

China also claims the entirety of islands in the South china sea which are exclusive economic regions of Phillipines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia.

5 fingers- Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim ,Bhutan Arunanchal Pradesh.

String of pearls - Coco islands, Myanmar, Hambantotta(SL) ,Port of Djibouti ,Gwadar (Balochistan)

Vietnam had liberated Cambodia from a Chinese supported regime which resulted in China invading Vietnam in 1979 . This was the last war China took part in and they lost that war.

[laocommunity]

The Hidden Dangers of Chinese 'Debt-Trap' Strategy: A Threat to Global Economy and US National Security

The Hidden Dangers of Chinese 'Debt-Trap' Strategy: A Threat to Global Economy and US National Security The Hidden Dangers of Chinese 'Debt-Trap' Strategy: A Threat to Global Economy and US National Security China's 'debt-trap' strategy, where they offer high-interest loans to developing countries for infrastructure projects, has been a cause of concern for many economists and policymakers. Despite the apparent benefits, countries taking up these loans have put themselves in a vulnerable position, with the dangers increasing as China's influence grows in the global economy. This article highlights the hidden dangers of China's 'debt-trap' strategy and their widespread potential impacts. What is China's 'Debt-Trap' Strategy? China's 'debt-trap' strategy is a diplomatic approach to lend money to developing countries by offering credit for grand infrastructure projects. The offers generally come with low-interest rates, no regulation, and no transparency. China's investments have mostly focused on the Belt and Road Initiative, which aims to connect China with Europe, Asia, and Africa through various infrastructural projects, including highways, pipelines, ports, and railways. The 'debt-trap' strategy looks great for countries that want to undertake infrastructural development. However, the strategy has a hidden cost, and people are only beginning to realize the severity of it. The Hidden Dangers of China's 'Debt-Trap' Strategy Many countries that have accepted loans from China are now facing the consequences of the debt-trap strategy. When a country is unable to repay its loan, China imposes several remedies that allow it to take control of assets. For instance, when Sri Lanka failed to repay the loans, they were forced to handover the control of Hambantota port to the Chinese government. Similarly, Djibouti had to lease a military base to China, giving the country full control of a key piece of infrastructure in Africa. This strategy has raised concerns about China using similar tactics to gain control over key ports and infrastructure worldwide. The 'debt-trap' strategy creates a dependency situation for countries on China, which can further result in unequal power structures and a decline in their economic and political sovereignty. The Widespread Impacts of China's 'Debt-Trap' Strategy China's approach hasn't gone unnoticed. More than sixty countries signed a statement in 2019 condemning the 'debt-trap' strategy, criticizing the lack of transparency and highlighting the adverse ecological and economic impact caused by China's infrastructure development. The rising investments in the third world have also caused alarm bells to ring in Washington, with policymakers and marketing experts fearing that China is acquiring too much influence in the developing world. The 'debt-trap' strategy is seen as a serious threat to US national security, with fears that China can use its authority to tap sensitive information that passes through key infrastructure it controls in these countries. It can negatively impact the US economy and US security interests. Conclusion China's 'debt-trap' strategy poses a significant security risk, both for the recipient countries and for countries that view China's increasing influence with suspicion. The strategy has created a dependency situation for many countries on China, and as its investments grow and continue to spread, it may put the whole global economy in jeopardy, including US national security. It is important for countries to be cautious and aware of the risks involved in accepting China's debt packages. And, policymakers should work together to come with a more sustainable financing model that works better for the recipient countries without putting them in a debt trap. Summary: China's 'debt-trap' strategy, where the country offers loans to developing countries for infrastructure projects, has created a dependency situation for many countries on China, posing a significant security risk. More than 60 countries signed a statement in 2019 criticizing the strategy, and it is also seen as a threat to US national security. Policymakers should work together to find better financing models for recipient countries. #ChinasDebtTrap #GlobalEconomy #USNationalSecurity #BeltAndRoadInitiative #NEWS Read the full article

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From Egypt to Mozambique, the United Arab Emirates conquering the ports of East Africa

The port of Mombasa, Kenya, in October 2019. BAZ RATNER / REUTERS Dubai Ports World (DP World) continues its journey south. After criss-crossing half of the Pink Sea and the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb, from Egypt to Somalia, one of the largest port operators in the world is now attacking Kenya. The Dubai big is about to signal an settlement to develop the Dongo Kundu industrial zone, close to the port of Mombasa, for 300 million {dollars} (275 million euros). Learn additionally: Article reserved for our subscribers The United Arab Emirates, architects of a brand new maritime empire The Emirati agency has labored for years, with various levels of success, to set foot in Kenya. Initially, DP World negotiated an bold contract grouping collectively 4 concessions: the ports of Mombasa, Lamu and Kisumu, in addition to the dry port of Naivasha. The tacit settlement made with the administration of ex-president Uhuru Kenyatta (2013-2022) first fell aside following the election of William Ruto, earlier than the new head of state dictated his personal phrases. . The upcoming entry of DP World into the Kenyan market would allow the United Arab Emirates to strengthen its grip on the area's ports and commerce routes. Like China alongside the "new silk roads", Abu Dhabi weaves a necklace of pearls in East Africa, from Egypt to Mozambique. Other than Djibouti, the place a dispute opposes it to the authorities, and Eritrea, from the place it lately withdrew, the port energy extends over the whole jap seaboard of the continent thanks to its two monetary arms, DP World and Abu Dhabi Ports, and enterprising diplomacy.

A navy and industrial power

The Emirati institution in the area started in 2006 in Djibouti. "The Emirates see themselves each as a brand new Venice, a cultural and industrial energy turned outward, and as a brand new Sparta, an emirate very targeted on navy 'arduous energy'"assures Sébastien Boussois, creator of the e-book United Arab Emirates: conquering the world. The fourth busiest strait in the world, Bab-el-Mandeb sees 40% of the world's maritime commerce and greater than 6 million barrels of crude oil move by means of it per day. Securing it's vital for an export energy like Abu Dhabi. Learn additionally: In Africa, France faces the problem of the United Arab Emirates The presence of the Emirates in the Horn of Africa was first thought-about in the mild of the conflicts inside the Gulf. “The sturdy militarization of the Horn is primarily linked to the battle in Yemen: the Emirates have been searching for bases alongside the coast to function logistical assist for navy operations”, assures Jean-Loup Samaan, researcher at the French Institute of Worldwide Relations (IFRI). The bottom of Assab, in Eritrea, thus enabled the Emirati navy to maintain its blockade on Yemen, to launch its drones there, and served as a transit level for mercenaries from Mauritania and Sudan on behalf of from the Emirates to Yemen. “To serve his ambitions, Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ, Emir of Abu Dhabi and President of the United Arab Emirates) combines navy power with industrial power”, assures Sébastien Boussois. In the Horn of Africa, DP World acts as a assist to the Emirati military-industrial advanced. Whether or not in Berbera (Somaliland) or Bosaso (Somalia), DP World's two port concessions have been accompanied by agreements for cooperation, modernization of navy bases and financing of native navies to combat towards piracy in the Gulf. from Aden. Central Africa is wealthy in minerals and uncommon earths, which Abu Dhabi is looking for to get its palms on Nevertheless, the truce in Yemen and the finish of the blockade towards Qatar mark a gradual withdrawal of the Emirati military. Assab was deserted final yr. "We are actually returning to an financial crucial in DP World's technique", notes Jean-Loup Samaan. The Emirati curiosity in Mombasa, the largest port in East Africa, is a manifestation of this. This premier logistics hub on the continent acts as a gateway to a number of Central African markets: Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Uganda. The realm is wealthy in minerals and uncommon earths, which Abu Dhabi is looking for to get its palms on.

“All-round investments”

"MBZ is getting ready for the post-oil period and is pursuing a method of diversification by means of all-out investments", signifies Sébastien Boussois, underlining particularly the fixed concern of the Emirates in phrases of meals safety. Abu Dhabi imports 85% of its meals wants. "The Emirates search to management each sources and provide routes", assures Jean-Loup Samaan. "DP World's acquisitions replicate the Emirates' ambition to personal most of the worth chain - infrastructure, roads, ports - to make the most of it"provides Benjamin Hunter, of Verisk Maplecroft. Publication “The Africa World” Each Saturday, discover a week of information and debates, by the editorial workers of "Monde Afrique" Register Certainly, DP World not invests solely alongside the seafront. In South Africa and Rwanda, the world's third largest operator operates dry ports. One other instance: the port of Berbera, in Somaliland, was designed to be instantly related to the fertile lands of Ethiopia through an extended street hall of 1,000 km. Learn additionally: Horn of Africa: "Macron's journey doesn't weigh closely towards China and the Emirates" For concern of meals shortages, the Emirates are appropriating land in the area. They acquired 400,000 hectares in Sudan. Final yr, the transitional authorities in Khartoum signed a $6 billion concession settlement with Abu Dhabi Ports for a brand new port terminal 200 km north of Port Sudan. It'll embrace a particular financial zone, an airport and an agricultural space of ​​168,000 hectares. “The development of the final ten years exhibits a rise in acquisitions of DP World and Abu Dhabi Ports, which observe a better involvement of the Emirates in the affairs of the Horn of Africa”, in accordance to Benjamin Hunter. Abu Dhabi, for instance, turned a mediator for Ethio-Eritrean peace in 2018. Utilizing their affect, the Emirates didn't hesitate to intervene extra decisively to assist their allies. MBZ made drones out there to Eritrea throughout the battle in Tigray and operated a powerful airlift to Addis Ababa to assist Abiy Ahmed's federal military throughout the civil battle in the summer time of 2021. Help which might solely be accompanied by a number of counterparties. Noé Hochet-Bodin(Nairobi, correspondence) Read the full article

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Are You Concerned About China's Control Of Djibouti Port?

Senior Reporter for @todaynewsafrica was at @WhiteHouse to see @POTUS @JoeBiden off before a day trip to #Pennsylvania, elevating the growing concern of #China's control over #Port of #Djibouti, Could #BerberaPort #Somaliland port be an alternative?

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China is making too many friends. Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party have shown that they are willing to spend hundreds of billions of dollars in developing countries, causing many nations to deepen their relations with China—a worrying development for those who support democracy and human rights.

Fortunately, some resist the Chinese attempts to buy political allies. One such group is the government of Somaliland, an autonomous region within Somalia that has been attempting to establish itself as an independent country for decades. While no country recognizes Somaliland as an independent state, America should be the first to do so. If the Biden Administration recognized Somaliland, America would gain an ally in a critical geostrategic region.[...]

While they have rebuffed China’s advances, Somaliland has actively sought to ally with the United States. The president of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi, took a recent trip to Washington D.C. where he met with Biden administration officials in an attempt to gain recognition for Somaliland. With the hope of deepening U.S.-Somaliland relations, the government of Somaliland has offered to allow the American military access to the geostrategically positioned Berbera port and airfield. Berbera port lies on the Gulf of Aden and overlooks crucial maritime trade routes.

Somaliland has also been one of the most stable regions in East Africa for decades, at times even showing promising aspects of a functioning democracy. By recognizing its independence, America would be supporting a feeble democracy with the hopes of strengthening it in the near future.

Finally, formally recognizing Somaliland would strengthen America’s economic ties to the region. Unfortunately, Somaliland gets lumped in with their conflict-prone southern neighbor, which keeps them from receiving private sector investment. Suppose the United States formally recognized Somaliland as an independent state. In that case, the new nation could enjoy the benefits of foreign investment to a scale that was not previously available. This will bring economic growth to Somalilanders and deepen America's economic ties with East Africa.

Recognizing Somaliland would not be without potential costs—America would undoubtedly damage its relationship with Somalia. However, the United States derives minimal benefit from that relationship as it is. There is also the possibility that Somaliland will fall apart and become a failed state, but that seems unlikely given the fact that they have successfully governed themselves for the past 30 years. Other threats exist, but none of them outweighs the potential benefit of gaining a democratic ally in a region where China is making inroads.

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