I missed that - had not joined FR in 1995. To me, it should be patently obvious, that any such port could be a beach head in the event of an invasion attempt.
In addition, I’ve read that the Chinese do things like have able bodied men (militarily trained) enter countries as workers, so that at a certain point in time, their army is already in country.
A little more suspicion would be a good thing. JMHO
It was on a thread related to the US Mexico highway. 2001 or thereabouts. Not real sure.
Taken me years to even get back part of my memory from that time frame due to surgery back then. Anesthesia did a bad number on me.