“The most important thing about the Hainan development is that if you look at the map, there is really nowhere China could go except south,” said Arthur Waldron, an expert at the University of Pennsylvania, referring to the South China Sea and critical sea lanes, including the Strait of Malacca straddling Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
“This [...]
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China’s new naval base triggers US concerns
Posted by Matt in May 12th, 2008 | no comment
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China’s Naval Secrets
Posted by Matt in May 5th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Uncategorized, beijing, Dominance, Fleet, Hainan Island, Lifeblood, Military Expansion, Piers, Sea Lanes, Soldiers And Sailors, South China Sea, Southern Tip, Straits Of Malacca, submarines, Surface Warships, Taiwan China, Taiwan Strait, Tensions, Territorial Claims, Underground Base, Wsj
Experts attempting to understand the strategic aims behind China’s aggressive military expansion have generally focused on Taiwan. But a new naval base points at Beijing’s significant and growing interest in projecting power into waters far from the Taiwan Strait. China, in fact, is equipping itself to assert its longstanding and expansive territorial claims in the [...]
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