Chinese Embassy in Colombo Accuses U.S. to Expand its Military Bases in Response to The Recent DOD Report

The Chinese Embassy’s response comes amid a well-known geopolitical contest between the U.S. and China for greater influence in the strategic Indian Ocean region. Reaction to the recent Pentagon report on military developments involving China. Reacting sharply to a Pentagon report on security developments involving China, flagging the Asian giant’s “likely consideration” of overseas military bases in countries such as Sri Lanka, the Chinese Embassy in Colombo accused the United States of widespread military occupation. “A thief believes everybody steals. Despite the withdrawal of U.S military bases and troops from Afghanistan, the US continues to maintain about 750 military bases…