No one Posted March 20, 2023 Posted March 20, 2023 (edited) Dear Gentlemen, Presentation of the patch of the "Chinese People's Liberation Army Support Base in Djibouti": People's Liberation Army Support Base in Djibouti - Wikipedia First commander of Chinese PLA support base in Djibouti awarded highest medal - Global Times Yours sincerely, No one Edited March 20, 2023 by No one
TracA Posted March 20, 2023 Posted March 20, 2023 No One, Wow. I had no idea that the PLA had a presence in Djibouti. Very interesting. Tracy
No one Posted March 20, 2023 Author Posted March 20, 2023 (edited) Dear TracA, I used to spend week-end at Obock, it was so quiet (1979/1980). Obock - Wikipedia To some people its alarming! "It will house thousands of personnel at Obock" Port de Djibouti: China’s First Permanent Naval Base in the Indian Ocean | Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (idsa.in) China’s First Overseas Military Base in Djibouti | Vivekananda International Foundation (vifindia.org) China is building its first overseas military base in Djibouti — right next to a key US one | The World from PRX and so on... Yours sincerely, No one Edited March 20, 2023 by No one
TracA Posted March 21, 2023 Posted March 21, 2023 Thank you for the links. Fascinating reading. All the best, Tracy
No one Posted March 22, 2023 Author Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) Dear TracyA, Thank you for your interest in this subject. There is an Air Force patch as well: For those who wonder what "八一" means, it symbolizes the "August 1 Declaration / 八一宣言 / bā yī xuānyán) ": - in Chinese : 八一宣言 - 维基百科，自由的百科全书 (wikipedia.org) to translate Google Translate Web - iTools - in English : August 1 Declaration - Wikipedia Yours sincerely, No one Edited March 22, 2023 by No one
No one Posted June 4 Author Posted June 4 Dear Gentlemen, Three new links: Beijing's Overseas Military Base In Djibouti | MEMRI H I Sutton - Covert Shores 40th Chinese naval escort taskforce departs for Gulf of Aden - China Military Yours sincerely, No one 1
Megan Posted June 4 Posted June 4 Interesting. In one of your links there's reference to a senior PLAN officer being awarded a Djibouti medal. The picture merely shows a ribbon being hung round his neck and the text vague... but I think it's the commander (highest) class of the National Order of June 27 - the date refers, I believe, to the Djibouti Independence Day. No One, you've written about this Order elsewhere on GMIC and provided images of the Officer & Member classes -
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