BEIJING: China has announced it would establish its first overseas military outpost and unveiled a sweeping plan to reorganise its military into a more agile force capable of projecting power abroad.
The outpost, in the East African nation of Djibouti, breaks with Beijing’s long-standing policy against emulating the United States in building military facilities abroad.
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