An insane map every time I look at it, like I just looked again and it's still insane

probably

considered

one real base

Not to mention...they show China, but it isn't highlighted as a "Country with a Chinese base"

They can't even do the colors on the Very Real And Scary Imperialism Map™ right
- Yeah I was thinking this. If you wanted to scare monger make China the darkest red and also put down various South China Sea bases "Because they're in other countries waters!"
- missed opportunity to add at least one extra splotch of burgundy smdm propagandists these days so lazy i tell ya
And the base is located in a country that leases land for military bases like it’s candy to any country that asks lol
- And all those bases are for an international anti-piracy mission (though considering present circumstances it's worth noting that different countries are operating on different definitions of the word "piracy")

So are they saying that having overseas military bases is a bad thing now, or?

They're trying their damn hardest to conjure up some sort of whataboutism to throw at people who point this out
- whataboutism
- Permanently Deleted
- America, Britain and a handful of other military powers have a global network of bases that have existed for decades and are mostly legacies of empire, the second world war and the cold war.
  
  "legacies of empire" lmao. "We're not building new bases, just continuing to occupy 800 existing ones, so that totes makes our imperialism okay guys!"
119 bases in Germany

119 bases in Japan
- The US military is definitely not the fourth Reich
yeah but what this doesn't show is how many bases the US has in the US! the US is overseas from all of these bases

Shoddy reporting here, The Economist is missing a few important ones like:

Countries that I had a wet dream about China hosting a base

Countries that start with the letter C, like China, that could have a base

Countries that China definitely hasn't considered hosting a base in but might change their mind someday

Countries with enough undeveloped land to host a Chinese military base
- Countries larger than a Chinese military base, and so could probably host one.
Countries that I had a wet dream about China hosting a base

came to the fleeting thought that China built a base in Liechtenstein

go ahead Kamala, send your best
Every time you eat dim sum, China gets a new military base
- I'm doing my part

idk The Economist, all of this sounds pretty... baseless

The Economist is a piece of rag that likes to get high on orientalism and neoliberalism...
- The Economist is what happens when someone parses the first word of "Combat Liberalism" as an adjective instead of a verb.
- The Economist is liberal ideology and imperialism distilled
Here's a taste of their ideology...

https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded/episode-98-the-refined-sociopathy-of-the-economist
- Great ep. Also, I do know The Economist, I was using idk rhetorically. Sorry if any confusion.

Putting on my resume positions that I’ve considered and positions that I’ve applied to under the “experience” section

Resume

Certifications I have

Certifications I've bought materials for

Certifications I've looked up online

Litteraly no sources, only vibes.

I mean the Djibouti one is accurate. Just omitting that it's a joint base between China, the west, Japan, etc. for a bunch of merchant mariners or whatever.
- Yeah, there is ONE thing that's kinda accurate, don't change a lot to me.
source: ourselves, so just trust us bro, it's probably true

Source: The Economist

lenin-dont-laugh

Source: Dude trust me

All the best diagrams contain the word "probably" multiple times

In surprised they didn't just include every Chinatown in a majort city as a "base"

flashback to a year ago when Chinese community centers in the US and Canada kept getting accused of being police stations
- Going up to the guy who runs the cornershop down the street with kids smoking weed out front and accusing him of being a cop.

We're getting reports that a Chinese Vicky 3 player thought his country probably should build a base on the Falkland Islands to project power. Is this funny to you, too, you insolent tankies?

So only one base, that's an anti piracy base in conjunction with the West?

Lmao. Embarassing reporting

At this point, why even only go this far? Why not have it say "places China is probably considering conquering in the future." or something?

smh economist, didn't even list the base China probably thought about establishing in the Shadow Realm to keep tabs on Marik Ishtar

Tallying up my body count like

People Ive fucked with:
People I may or may not have tried to hookup with:
People I probably thought about sleeping with at one point:

and then saying I'm the world's #1 best shagger

You joke but I’m dead certain a lot of men do this
- Yeah, This checks out.

The height of being a map pervert.

some of us paradox game map painters have sense enough to know no one gives a shit what our map looks like. /r/civ and its consequences I swear

Probably considered agony-shivering

Scary western mind reading devices

How do I get one of these easy journalist jobs where you just make stuff up?

I've known of at least two over the years and they both had the same trajectory:

Be a prominant member of a university Conservative club. Know someone whose dad works in media. Offer to churn out articles for far less than minmum wage or even free.

Day I slept with the author's mom
Days that I probably approached author's mom to proposition her
Days I've probably considered sleeping with author's mom

michael-laugh

We're 1 and a half years later from the publication of this. How many new bases are there?

Oh. None? Alright then.

Just to make something clear. Djibouti's main economic activity is selling military bases to anyone who asks for one.

Djibouti doing Black Friday deals for military bases

Big tactical mistake by China to not maybe or maybe not consider what would happen if they asked Bhutan to host a Chinese base without actually asking them to do so. Speaking from experience here. I considered asking Bhutan to host a military base of mine (in the end I decided on not asking since I have no connection to Bhutan or any kind of military) and it worked out great.

china should start building big signs (preferably visible from satellite) in any random place outside their borders where they can.

the signs should read "chinese military base here" in english.

there should be nothing else there.

I'll try to remember that when I'm thinking about my impoverished country spending all our heavy tax money on NATO bases and equipment, those damn commies are so war hungry

It's like Israel saying they are preparing for pregnancies from Hamas rapes. Words have no meaning. Critical thinking is not a thing.

"i feel like china would do this so imma pretend my vibes are basically political theory"

You noticed either the color scheme or the multiple conditionals, I noticed how they displayed all of New Zealand but none of Tajikistan.

If I understand things right the ones labeled Chinese bases are more like normal ports that are majority owned by China and PLA Navy boats have docked there before