Potential Chinese base on the Atlantic: Should the US worry? 

The World

The US says China wants to build a navy base on the Western African coast — its first base on the Atlantic Ocean. Beijing denies the claim. But the Pentagon says this is inevitable. US military chiefs fear it could be the beginning of Chinese warships coming closer to America’s backyard than ever before. The World’s Patrick Winn reports.

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