US Analysts: Beijing Mixing Military, Commercial Interests Abroad

Chinese investments in commercial ports and other infrastructure around the world could pave the way for the expansion of its military footprint, U.S. analysts warned at a recent event in Washington. Chinese firms own or operate nearly 100 ocean ports in foreign jurisdictions, an analyst with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace noted in a written statement provided to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Chinese navy warships have docked at more than one-third of these facilities, Isaac B.