The US also identified a military facility in Ream, Cambodia that it says will be China’s first overseas base in the Indo-Pacific region. - AFP
WASHINGTON (Bloomberg): Sri Lanka tops the list of nations that may host a Chinese naval base in the coming years as Beijing seeks to expand its maritime capabilities, according to a new report.
The South Asian nation’s Hambantota port is the most likely spot for a base given the US$2.19 billion China has already invested there, according to an assessment by the AidData research project at William & Mary university in Virginia.
