https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ligence-report
Work on ‘Chinese military base’ in UAE abandoned after US intervenes
US intelligence agencies found evidence this year of construction work on what they believed was a secret Chinese military facility in the
United Arab Emirates, which was stopped after Washington’s intervention, according to a report on Friday.
The
Wall Street Journal reported that satellite imagery of the port of Khalifa had revealed suspicious construction work inside a container terminal built and operated by a Chinese shipping corporation, Cosco.
The evidence included huge excavations apparently for a multi-storey building and the fact that the site was covered in an apparent attempt to evade scrutiny……
On the same day, the state department warned Beijing the US would intervene to defend Philippines ships in the event of an armed Chinese attack, following an incident in which Chinese naval vessels used water cannon against Philippine resupply boats in the South China Sea.
The state department spokesman, Ned Price, called the Chinese action “dangerous, provocative, and unjustified”.
Beijing “should not interfere with lawful Philippine activities in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone”, Price said in a statement. “The United States stands with our Philippine allies in upholding the rules-based international maritime order and reaffirms that an armed attack on Philippine public vessels in the South China Sea would invoke US mutual defense commitments.”…..