Djibouti (nicknamed as French Hong Kong of the Red Sea due to its cosmopolitan urbanism) lies on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait (Horn of Africa) and serves as a gateway to Suez Canal which is considered as one of the world’s busiest shipping routes. Djibouti being a port at such a strategic location serves as theContinue reading “HOW FRENCH HONG KONG OF THE RED SEA BECAME CHINA’S STRATEGIC CHOKE-POINT IN AFRICA; by Anirudh Ramakrishna Phadke”