About 900 Chinese soldiers are currently stationed in Djibouti, a strategically located Horn of Africa country, with an important port., World News, Times Now
People’s Liberation Army conducts routine operations in the contested waterway on Lunar New Year’s Eve after Manila orders increase in troops in northern province near Taiwan.
Beijing faces a dilemma as it tries to balance the election of William Lai with domestic challenges and the US factor, analysts say. They expect ‘more carrots than sticks’ in cross-strait policy, as well as efforts to bring ‘division and instability into Taiwanese society’.