The base is a part of Chinese strategy of widening China’s power in the Indian region and it is considered to be a response to the Indian air bases of Chabua and Tezpur in Assam region.
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May be typical rotation, as observed:
http://osimint.com/2013/05/21/china-deploys-su-27-fighters-to-tibet/
” it is considered to be a response to the Indian air bases of Chabua and Tezpur in Assam region.”
Unfortunately some retards will see this as evidence of China being “Nazis”.
Five is hardly a ‘show of force’.