Monday, April 27, 2015

China Comes to Djibouti

Foreign Affairs published on 23 April 2015 an article titled "China Comes to Djibouti" by John Lee, Hudson Institute.  He notes that Djibouti and China signed a security and defense agreement in 2014.  More recently a Chinese company purchased a large stake in  the port of Djibouti and China is financing and a Chinese company has been awarded the contract to improve the port. 

Although you must subscribe to Foreign Affairs to access the full article, you can find it on the Hudson  Institute blog site.