China's Liaoning aircraft carrier with accompanying fleet in the South China Sea. Reuters
ABC News Online: Chinese development in Indian Ocean raising concern of possible militarisation among major players
Japan, India, Australia and the United States are closely monitoring China's infrastructure development on the Indian Ocean rim amid increasing concern about the potential for militarisation in the sea lanes which carry much of the world's oil.
One former American intelligence chief is warning the only way to avoid that is to make confrontation unpalatable for China.
With an eye to China's current island reclamation activity in the South China Sea, Japan, which is almost wholly dependent on imported oil, is particularly nervous.
"Yes, China is a kind of threat to us in the South China Sea. Will this Indian Ocean be the same, or different?" asked Nobuo Tanaka, a former Japanese bureaucrat and head of the International Energy Agency.
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WNU Editor: China has its allies in the Indian Ocean ....
Chinese Envoy, Pakistani Army Chief Discuss CPEC Security (The Diplomat)
No Chinese military activity at Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka, envoy assures (Colombo Page)
Iran and China respond to Trump with military drills (USA Today)
Update: India's military is focusing on the Chinese Navy .... Indian Navy Practices Sinking Chinese Subs in Largest-Ever Military Exercise (The Diplomat).
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All America has to do is pin china, and India will clean up in its theater.
The drain circling continues from there.
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