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  This is where maintaining good relationship with other countries pay off.  US has managed over time to gain bases around the world whereas China has currently one base in Djibouti and negotiating second base in Equatorial Guiana.  They have created artificial islands in South China Sea with landing strip at immense cost.
context: Well, this is a first. It says 5 comments and none are here. Shadow bans galore. >
  
  Nah, it's because of our participation requirements which are listed in the publicly available rules.
  In order to participate on /r/news:
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  Your account must meet all 3 of these requirements to participate on /r/news.
  We made an announcement post about it over a year ago and we also do mod sticky comments from time to time on big threads to remind people of the requirements.
  
  Literally every removed comment in this thread is from either a new account, an account with negative karma, or an account that is not email verified. >
  
  Thank you.