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Yushen, ‘‘PLA Will Carry Out ‘Mission Action-2013’ Exercise,’’ Xinhua, September
9, 2013.
215. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Hearing on Developments
in China’s Military Force Projection and Expeditionary Capabilities, written
testimony of Mark R. Cozad, January 21, 2016.
216. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Hearing on Developments
in China’s Military Force Projection and Expeditionary Capabilities, written
testimony of Mark R. Cozad, January 21, 2016; U.S.-China Economic and Security
Review Commission, 2015 Annual Report to Congress, November 2015, 246.
217. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Hearing on Developments
in China’s Military Force Projection and Expeditionary Capabilities, written
testimony of Mark R. Cozad, January 21, 2016.
218. Kevin McCauley, ‘‘Incomplete Transformation: PLA Joint Training and
Warfighting Capabilities,’’ Jamestown Foundation, March 6, 2015.
219. Kevin McCauley, ‘‘Incomplete Transformation: PLA Joint Training and
Warfighting Capabilities,’’ Jamestown Foundation, March 6, 2015.
220. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 2015 Annual Report
to Congress, November 2015, 247.
221. State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China, China’s
Military Strategy, May 2015.
222. Reuters, ‘‘China Says Starts Construction of Djibouti Military Base,’’ February
25, 2016; Xinhua, ‘‘China Building Military Logistical Facilities in Djibouti,’’
February 25, 2016.
223. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong
Lei’s Regular Press Conference on November 26, 2015, November 26, 2015.
224. Zhang Penghui et al., ‘‘Djibouti Welcomes China’s Military Presence,’’ China
Military Online, August 8, 2016; Zhang Junshe, ‘‘Voice: China’s Logistics Facilities
in Djibouti Not a Military Base,’’ China Military Online, March 9, 2016; Mandip
Singh, ‘‘Port de Djibouti: China’s First Permanent Naval Base in the Indian Ocean,’’
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (India), February 22, 2016; Reuters,
‘‘China Military in Talks for Logistics ‘Facilities’ in Djibouti,’’ November 26, 2015;
and U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Hearing on China and
the Middle East, written testimony of Andrew Erickson, June 6, 2013.
225. Katrina Manson, ‘‘China Military to Set up First Overseas Base in Horn of
Africa,’’ Financial Times, March 31, 2016.
226. Jane Perlez and Chris Buckley, ‘‘China Retools Its Military with a First
Overseas Outpost in Djibouti,’’ New York Times, November 26, 2015; Gabe Collins
and Andrew Erickson, ‘‘Djibouti Likely to Become China’s First Indian Ocean Outpost,’’
China Signpost, July 11, 2015.
227. Jane Perlez and Chris Buckley, ‘‘China Retools Its Military with a First
Overseas Outpost in Djibouti,’’ New York Times, November 26, 2015; European
Commission, ‘‘European Union, Trade in Goods with China’’; and Minghao Zhao,
‘‘China’s Arab March,’’ Project Syndicate, June 18, 2014
228. U.S. Energy Information Administration, China, May 14, 2015.
229. Katrina Manson, ‘‘China Military to Set up First Overseas Base in Horn of
Africa,’’ Financial Times, March 31, 2016; Andrea Ghiselli, ‘‘China’s First Overseas
Base in Djibouti, an Enabler of Its Middle East Policy,’’ Jamestown Foundation,
January 25, 2016; and Con Coughlin, ‘‘China Deal Threatens Only American Military
Base in Africa,’’ Telegraph, July 21, 2015.
230. Con Coughlin, ‘‘China Deal Threatens Only American Military Base in Africa,’’
Telegraph, July 21, 2015; Gabe Collins and Andrew Erickson, ‘‘Djibouti Likely
to Become China’s First Indian Ocean Outpost,’’ China Signpost, July 11, 2015; and
Craig Whitlock, ‘‘Remote U.S. Base at Core of Secret Operations,’’ Washington Post,
October 25, 2012.
231. China Military Online, ‘‘24th Chinese Naval Escort Taskforce Leaves for
Mission,’’ August 11, 2016.
232. U.S. Department of Defense, Annual Report to Congress: Military and Security
Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2016, April 26, 2016, 66.
233. Xinhua, ‘‘Chinese Naval Vessels Evacuate Hundreds from War-Torn Yemen,’’
April 8, 2015.
234. Khushbu Shah and Jason Hanna, ‘‘Chinese Ship Arrives to Help in Removal
of Syrian Chemical Weapons Materials,’’ CNN, January 8, 2014.
235. U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Hearing on China-
South Asia Relations, written testimony of David Brewster, March 10, 2016.
236. Reuters, ‘‘China Takes First Step in $1 Billion Pledge to U.N. to Fund Peace,
Development,’’ May 6, 2016; Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom, ‘‘China’s Xi
Says to Commit 8,000 Troops for UN Peacekeeping Force,’’ Reuters, September 28,
2015; and Xi Jinping, Working Together to Forge a New Partnership of Win-Win Co-
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