Why China has built a secret military base in Tajikistan | Dispatch



Troops march in two columns through knee-deep snow at a dizzying elevation in one of the most remote corners of the world – a frontier area where China, Tajikistan and Afghanistan meet.

China and Tajikistan are holding joint military drills regularly, including in the vicinity of a secret base that Beijing has built amidst mountains that spiral more than 4,000 metres into the sky.

The facility – complete with lookout towers and a contingent of troops from both countries – is a very visible symbol of China’s growing sharp power in Tajikistan.

Neither country has publicly acknowledged the base, which extends a former Soviet outpost. But satellite images chronicle a steady pace of construction since 2016, including new access roads to the base.

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41 thoughts on “Why China has built a secret military base in Tajikistan | Dispatch”

  1. China has too few military bases, they should have a few hundred to protect their investments with the host countries or some states sponsored terrorism will strike like in Pakistan BRI projects.

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  2. Fake news from the hegemon's lackey propaganda outlet.
    So much sour grape by lackey's presstitute when the West could not provide the resource to bring similar level of infra development. All west could bring division & discord to stir up trouble, provide arms & weapons to fuel fights, war and then deaths & destruction.

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  3. Anywhere in the world, if there is a border dispute, it is usually the result of a line drawn by an Englishman; if it is an internal dispute, it is usually the US fueling it, difference in implementation of divide and conquer strategy.

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  4. "Why USA has built many secret military bases in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Africa, Colombia, Germany Poland, Ukraine…"
    Western propaganda has become really ridiculous, and the more the West comes desperate, the more ridiculous their propaganda.

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  5. Oh no, a non-white nation is behaving like white nations. The audacity!

    Also, the only win-win cooperation can only be had with Anglo nations. Is that the main point of this video?

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