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Quietly, China Has Established A Military Footprint in Laos
On September 29, China and Laos opened the China-Laos Joint Support and Training Center and the China-Laos Friendship Aviation Academy at Ban Keun Airport, roughly thirty-one miles north of Vientiane. China’s Defense Ministry said both sides would jointly maintain and operate the site to train Lao air force pilots, and insisted the project was “not directed against any third party.” A newly paved runway in Laos carries a larger meaning, nonetheless. Effectively, it signals that the geopolitical map is shifting, not through dramatic conquest, but through China’s patient effort to establish a…
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