China opens training center with Laos, marking third overseas military base

China's military is expanding its presence abroad!

"China has announced the opening of a new airbase in Laos, described as a joint training center but marking its third overseas military base, and the second in Southeast Asia.

China’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) said on social media on Tuesday that the China-Laos Joint Support and Training Center at Ban Keun Airport in Laos and the China-Laos Friendship Aviation Academy started operations. ..."

China opens training center with Laos, marking third overseas military base - Breaking Defense "Satellite imagery shows the new facility is built in part on a purported old US airstrip used during the Vietnam War."