'Cannot be easily replaced': Brits want to hand joint American military base to friend of China, but U.S. has its own plans * WorldNetDaily * by Francis Kapper, Daily Caller News Foundation

'Cannot be easily replaced': Brits want to hand joint American military base to friend of China, but U.S. has its own plans * WorldNetDaily * by Francis Kapper, Daily Caller News Foundation: 

The U.K. government is considering the transfer of a key strategic outpost sitting in the middle of the Indian Ocean to Mauritius, an island nation with deep Chinese ties, as the Trump administration reportedly considers purchasing the territory. Downing Street is contemplating the possibility of giving the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, even though it contains a joint U.K.-U.S. military base, Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia. China has close economic ties to the island nation through the Mauritius-China Free Trade Agreement, according to the Mauritius Ministry of Foreign Affairs.