China responds to the news of Military Base in Pakistan
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BEIJING: China said on Thursday that talk the country was building a military base in Pakistan was pure speculation, after a Pentagon report earlier this month singled out Pakistan as a possible location for a future Chinese military base.
The Pentagon forecast that Beijing would likely build more bases overseas after establishing a facility in the African nation of Djibouti.
Chinese Defence Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian was asked at a regular monthly news briefing if China would build a naval base in the Chinese-invested port city of Gwadar.
