In June 2013, Xi visited the Caribbean, suggesting the CCP's heightened interest in the region's strategic importance. China is eagerly filling the void. China loaded up ships with troops and supplies Tuesday bound for the first People's Liberation Army overseas military base in the tiny and strategic … China has already delivered 30,000 virus test kits to Jamaica and at least 100,000 protective masks to Cuba as well as about 100 ventilators to the Dominican Republic. That allowed China to gain control of a vital piece of real estate that sits along a major shipping and naval sea-lane in the Indian Ocean, and a strategic spot to potentially project military power. China also has built hospitals in Dominica, St. Kitts, Barbados and Trinidad, as well as a children’s hospital in Jamaica. The base is substantial with a well laid-out interior and large helicopter apron. Of more concern to US security interests is the ongoing seaport expansion project in the already commercially important port at Kingston, Jamaica, as well as the port at Freeport, Bahamas, China's possible new base of operations 90 miles off the US coast. The situation looks to be analogous to what China has done in the South China … China exploiting Caribbean nations to build military and missile bases that can threaten the continental United States 12/22/2020 / By Franz Walker The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) looks to be implementing a multidimensional strategy in the Caribbean that may have the ultimate objective of building military bases in the region . The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) looks to be implementing a multidimensional strategy in the Caribbean that may have the ultimate objective of building military bases in the region. Of concern to US security interests is China’s seaport expansion project at Kingston, Jamaica, as well as at Freeport, Bahamas, China’s possible new base of operations 90 miles off the US coast. Military watchers across the internet were provided with a rare sight after photos circulated this week that appear to show a Chinese submarine using an underground base … While its efforts are still modest, China is expanding military-to-military contacts, personnel exchanges and arms sales, and bringing Caribbean military officers to China for training. China’s Communist Party (CCP) seems to be implementing a multidimensional strategy in the Caribbean, reaping economic, political and potentially military gains a few miles offshore the United States. China has already delivered 30,000 virus test kits to Jamaica and at least 100,000 protective masks to Cuba as well as about 100 ventilators to the Dominican Republic. The base, China’s first overseas, was opened in 2017 but the piers are still under construction. China also has built hospitals in Dominica, St. Kitts, Barbados and Trinidad, as well as a children’s hospital in Jamaica.