China to deploy combat troops to South Sudan

摘要

China plans to send combat troops to South Sudan to protect oil fields that are increasingly under threat from rebel forces, South Sudan’s foreign affairs minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin told state-owned South Sudan Television in August. “China already has 300 peacekeepers on the ground in South Sudan. Beijing has now agreed to send an additional 700 soldiers to protect important installations including oil fields,” Benjamin said following a five-day trip to China that started August 18.