Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: China is breaking ground on what may be its first major overseas military base. The location is Djibouti, on the coast of Africa, at the mouth of the Red Sea, looking across at the Arabian Peninsula. - in other words, a very strategic location. It is the same port city where the U.S. has its own major base in Africa that's been used to gather intelligence for the last 15 years. For more on China's military ambitions and why it shows in African cities that launch them, we're joined by our correspondents in Shanghai and Nairobi. That would be Frank Langfitt and Gregory Warner. Good morning. GREGORY WARNER, BYLINE: Good Morning, Renee. FRANK LANGFITT, BYLINE: Good Morning. MONTAGNE: And so let's start with you, Gregory. Djibouti - explain a little bit more why all these countries are there, because it's not just the U.S. WARNER: Sure. No, it's not. I mean, Djibouti has an amazing location, as you said, but it doesn't have much
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