{"id":3111,"date":"2018-03-10T18:50:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T18:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=3111"},"modified":"2018-03-10T18:50:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T18:50:40","slug":"us-general-significant-consequences-if-china-takes-over-djibouti-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/03\/10\/us-general-significant-consequences-if-china-takes-over-djibouti-port\/","title":{"rendered":"US GENERAL: SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCES IF CHINA TAKES OVER DJIBOUTI PORT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/Djibouti-naval-base.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2411\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/Djibouti-naval-base-1024x823.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/Djibouti-naval-base-1024x823.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/Djibouti-naval-base-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/Djibouti-naval-base-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/Djibouti-naval-base-560x450.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/Djibouti-naval-base-260x209.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/Djibouti-naval-base-160x129.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/07\/Djibouti-naval-base.jpg 1262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sourced: Asia Times<\/p>\n<p>The top US military commander in charge of US troops in Africa is worried about China\u2019s growing presence on the continent, he suggested in remarks in a congressional hearing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Marine General Thomas Waldhauser said in his remarks to lawmakers that China could theoretically cut off supplies to a US base in the northeast African nation of Djibouti, if they \u201ctook\u201d the port there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the Chinese took over that port, then the consequences could be significant,\u201d Waldhauser was quoted by Reuters as saying during the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at : http:\/\/www.atimes.com\/article\/significant-consequences-china-takes-djibouti-port-says-us-general\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourced: Asia Times The top US military commander in charge of US troops in Africa is worried about China\u2019s growing presence on the continent, he suggested in remarks in a congressional hearing on Tuesday. Marine General Thomas Waldhauser said in his remarks to lawmakers that China could theoretically cut off supplies to a US base&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/03\/10\/us-general-significant-consequences-if-china-takes-over-djibouti-port\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">US GENERAL: SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCES IF CHINA TAKES OVER DJIBOUTI PORT<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,6],"tags":[80,641],"class_list":["post-3111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dcss-news","category-security-and-strategy","tag-china","tag-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3112,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111\/revisions\/3112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}