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Africa could be massive battlefield in ‘inevitable’ war between the US and China as Xi stakes claim to continent
Patrick Knox
13:07, 6 May 2021
AFRICA could become a massive battlefield in a war between China and the United States as the President Xi Jinping stakes claim to the continent, experts warned.
The Communist Party is quietly expanding into the eastern part of Africa as it sets up military bases and expands its influence through infrastructure projects across in at least 11 nations.
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China has been investing heavily in African countries infrastructure as it consolidates its power and influence in Africa with its base in Djibouti to counter Japanese, French and US presence
US Army Prepares for Possible Global Land Conflict with China
The classic assumptions surrounding a possible war between the United States and China focus on regional naval battles in the Taiwan Strait or the South China Sea, but U.S. Army Major General Richard Coffman recently stated that Americans must be and are already preparing for a worldwide ground conflict with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
The development of the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV) under his leadership is one technology and piece of equipment being prepared for such a conflict.
Chinese General Xu Qiliang, vice chairman of the Communist Party’s Central Military Commission and second-in-command besides Xi Jinping, called for increased military spending in early March, in part because he judged that a military conflict between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the United States was inevitable. It was the first time such a statement was made publicly at the highest level of the PLA.
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General Xu Qiliang, China’s second in command of the armed forces after President Xi Jinping, said an increase in military spending is need to counter the ‘Thucydides Trap’. The term, popularised by US political scientist Graham T. Allison, refers to the inevitability of war when a new global power displaces an existing one.
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US moves to boost military presence in Indo-Pacific amid China ‘threat’ Laura Zhou laura.zhou@scmp.com The Pentagon has described the Indo-Pacific Command as “the single most consequential region for America’s future”. Photo: US Navy
The United States is moving to boost its military presence in the Indo-Pacific, as President Joe Biden s administration shapes plans to contain China s influence in the region.
But observers say it could be a challenge for the US to keep up its push for a military role in the Indo-Pacific and that some Southeast Asian nations fear getting caught in the rivalry.