They're Training China to Kill Americans

China is trying to take control of Egypt, and the trillions of dollars of cargo that passes through it. And maybe a Stargate. Welcome to China Uncensored, I'm Chris Chappell. The Chinese Communist Party is expanding its influence worldwide to gain diplomatic and economic leverage to undermine the US. And Egypt is the key to the CCP's plans. Yes, they're running a literal pyramid scheme. Last week, Xi Jinping went to Egypt for the first time in 10 years. Better than wandering from it for 40 years like the Israelites, I guess. He urged a new Middle East security framework. And offered a ton of big trade promises, including an offer to use Chinese military company Huawei and its AI chips to help build Egypt's surveillance state. I wonder if it'll be anything like that weird eye pyramid thing on the back of US money. The reason China's doing all of this, and more, is simple. Egypt is the bridge that connects the Arab world, Africa, Europe, and Asia via the Suez Canal, one of the world's most critical waterways. In 2025, that canal alone attracted about 12% to 15% of worldwide trade, and about 30% of global container traffic, with more than 1 trillion dollars in goods transiting annually. Of course, things haven't been as profitable in the Suez Canal recently thanks to, um, recent events. But it's still an incredibly strategic choke point that can't be ignored, especially for China. The Suez Canal handles approximately 60% of China's Europe-bound exports. And if China manages to have influence over the Suez Canal, then it can put all kinds of pressure on the rest of the world by being able to turn on or off that tap. That's why China has spent decades cultivating influence within Egypt. And it struck gold with Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Who, by the way, is the leader of Egypt. Not Mexico. You'd think a mummy like Biden would know Egypt. Sisi visited China and signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2014. Since then, Chinese business and investments to Egypt have boomed. Between 2017 and 2022, Chinese investment in Egypt surged 317%. This includes investments tied to China's military. For example, there's the Chinese state-owned company Costco Shipping Ports, which the US has categorized as a Chinese military company. It holds a 20% stake in the Suez Canal container terminal near the canal's Mediterranean entrance, and a 25% stake in a terminal near the canal's Red Sea entrance. In the global supply chain industry, that's what's known as a yuh-oh. Considering that its parent company Costco collects intel for Beijing with concealed equipment, it's entirely reasonable to say that Costco Shipping Ports could use its position in Egypt to promote China's military interests. And by reasonable, I mean depressingly inevitable. There's also Hutchinson Ports, a division of the Hong Kong-based CK Hutchinson. The same Chinese company that for years raised US homeland national security concerns, by having hold of another critical chokepoint, the Panama Canal. At least until Trump pressured the Panamanian government to quash CK Hutchinson's port contracts there. Hutchinson Ports' reach in Egypt is extensive, to say the least. It operates container facilities in the Egyptian ports of Alexandria and Al-Dakala. And developed Egypt's first semi-automated container terminal on the Gulf of Suez. In a consortium alongside France's Siem Terminals and China's Costco Shipping Ports. Man, God should have sent Hutchinson back in time to negotiate with Pharaoh instead of Moses. With their skill at getting leverage, they may have been able to reach a deal in only three plagues. Hutchinson Port even has a 38-year agreement with the Egyptian Navy to develop and operate a container terminal in Abuqir Naval Base on the Mediterranean side. Why 38 years? Why not, I guess? Then there's the Tianjin Economic Technological Development Area, which is both a place in China and a state-run enterprise. It has constructed an industrial park inside Egypt's Suez Canal economic zone that houses some 200 companies, many of them Chinese, for which Xi and Xixi just signed an agreement to launch the third phase. Sounds like everything's going according to plan for Xi. Also fun fact, China made up half of all investment in the Suez Canal economic zone from 2022 to 2025. Did I say fun? I meant to say uh-oh. Those are just a few of China's hundreds of corporations embedding themselves into Egypt. Chinese companies are also creating massive megaprojects like Egypt's light rail, Africa's tallest skyscraper, industrial plants that will produce plastic fibers, tires, medical devices, and other materials, and Egypt's Central Business District and Egypt's new administrative capital, a city about 30 miles east of Cairo that now serves as Egypt's capital. Don't worry, I'm sure China would definitely never use the buildings it constructed in the new capital to spy like it did with the African Union headquarters that it gifted. This identical scenario will be totally different. Because reasons. But it's not just the economic and infrastructure influence that we need to worry about. There are also China's growing security ties to Egypt. Back in 2024, China and Egypt held a joint naval exercise in the Mediterranean Sea. And in 2025, Egypt hosted the first Eagles of Civilization Joint Air Force Training with China. Which, sadly, didn't involve a punk band with the coolest name ever. That same year, Egypt also confirmed acquisition of a Chinese HQ-9B long-range air defense system. The same system that worked so well in Iran. And this year, Egypt hosted the second Eagles of Civilization. And this raises more alarm bells than a break-in at the alarm factory. Terrible place to rob, by the way. Unlike last year, where Egypt used Russian aircraft, this year's joint exercise pitted China's larger J-16 against Egypt's French-made Rafales. Egypt, in case you didn't know, is a major importer of Western military tech, including American. So when Egyptians use Western tech to train the Chinese, they're basically training China to fight the West. They're doing the military version of the hyperbolic time chamber. This is the only time that has not been cool. Egypt of course denies that it's moving away from its ally, the US. It argues that it's simply trying to diversify its portfolio of partners to work with. So less of a breakup, and more of them wanting to be polyamorous. Which is just breaking up, but with STDs. But by working closer with China, Egypt runs the risk of becoming even more beholden to China. And if that happens, well, that would make things worse for everyone. Not only would it be giving an authoritarian bully more leverage, it would also be increasing the odds of war by giving China confidence that it can secure a critical trade route, or at the very least put enough pressure on other regions Egypt influences, especially in Africa and the Arabic-speaking world, to get what the CCP wants. The US and its allies, being among Egypt's top military suppliers and security partners, definitely needs to make sure not to let Egypt become another Chinese province. I'm disappointed, Egypt. Of all people, you'd think they'd be able to spot an obvious pyramid scheme. And if you want to stop this channel from becoming as dead as the pharaohs, then become an official member of my China Uncensored 50 cent army. Go to ChinaUncensored.tv and click the big orange button. 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