The Chinese heavy-lift ship Zhen Hua 9 delivers giant cranes from Shanghai to the new Doraleh container terminal in Djibouti. Photo: SCMP Pictures The Chinese heavy-lift ship Zhen Hua 9 delivers giant cranes from Shanghai to the new Doraleh container terminal in Djibouti. Photo: SCMP Pictures
The Chinese heavy-lift ship Zhen Hua 9 delivers giant cranes from Shanghai to the new Doraleh container terminal in Djibouti. Photo: SCMP Pictures
China /  Diplomacy

Chinese Navy logistics base in Djibouti will drive other investment, says adviser

But arrival of PLA will mark the fourth foreign military presence in tiny but strategic Horn of Africa nation

Topic |   Belt and Road: The projects
Wendy Wu
Wendy Wu

Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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The Chinese heavy-lift ship Zhen Hua 9 delivers giant cranes from Shanghai to the new Doraleh container terminal in Djibouti. Photo: SCMP Pictures The Chinese heavy-lift ship Zhen Hua 9 delivers giant cranes from Shanghai to the new Doraleh container terminal in Djibouti. Photo: SCMP Pictures
The Chinese heavy-lift ship Zhen Hua 9 delivers giant cranes from Shanghai to the new Doraleh container terminal in Djibouti. Photo: SCMP Pictures
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