Djibouti - China's first overseas military base in the Horn of Africa

This base can support Chinese Navy to go farther.

China's base in Djibouti; YouTube; The Newsmakers; July 18. 2017 (76.863 calls)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPYGEm1v5D4

News - China - Diplomacy & Defence - MILITARY; How a Chinese investment boom is changing the face of Djibouti; April 17. 2017; WebArchive.org
https://web.archive.org/web/20170518025638/http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2087374/how-chinese-investment-boom-changing-face-djibouti

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_People%27s_Liberation_Army_Support_Base_in_Djibouti

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/26/africa/china-belt-road-initiative-djibouti-intl/index.html
http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/into_africa_chinas_global_security_shift
http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/C235 
http://www.yaktrinews.com/news/world-news/china-establishes-first-overseas-military-base/585996308
(dead link)
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/21/africa/chinese-funded-railways-in-africa/index.html
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2017-03/26/content_28682186.htm

Djibouti strategic profile 

Major China-Africa infrastructure cooperation projects:

Lobito-Luau railway in Angola

Addis Ababa Light Rail Transit (AA-LRT) in Ethiopia

Kigamboni Bridge in Tanzania

Abuja-Kaduna railway in Nigeria

Ethio-Djibouti railway

Tanzania-Zambia railway

Pointe Noire special economic zone

Garissa power plant