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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Imagine if China had bases like that

[–] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you do a search for "are there secret chinese police stations in canada", would that count?

[–] wpb@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Not to be a china apologist, but overt military presence in the form of missiles and boots on the ground is very different from clandestine operations abroad. Basically all major powers have the latter. What do you think the CIA is?

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

If you mean https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_police_overseas_service_stations, then yes, but imagine they have soldiers and illegal weapons and claim to be ensuring stability of the region