Friday, October 23, 2009

China Rules The Waves

China's Zhoushan missile destroyer. Photo from the People's Daily

From Foreign Policy:

On Sept. 22, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a report, China's Arrival: A Strategic Framework for a Global Relationship. Journalist and CNAS senior fellow Robert Kaplan, wrote a chapter in the report called "China's Two-Ocean Strategy" (see page 45).

Kaplan asserts, "China is in the midst of a shipbuilding and acquisition craze that will result in the People's Liberation Army Navy having more ships than the U.S. Navy sometime in the next decade." Since 1945, U.S. diplomatic and political strategies in Asia have been predicated on U.S. naval domination in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. The U.S. Navy's control of seagoing lines of commerce from the Middle East to all points in Asia has been a major component of America's alliance system in the region and its relations with potential adversaries. Kaplan's essay reminds us that over the next decade or so, the rise of China's naval power will scrap the assumptions underlying the United States' Asian diplomacy.

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More News On China's Military And Navy

China's military buildup shows need for US dialogue: admiral -- AFP
Growing Chinese military creates uncertainty: U.S -- Reuters
Admiral: US, China military relations thawing -- AP

Beijing to build large destroyers -- Pakistan Defense Forum
China worries neighbors as its navy comes of age -- Japan Times
China Moves to Project Air Power With Soviet Carrier Overhaul -- Bloomberg
Chinese navy protects western ships -- People's Daily
China's navy about to receive Ka-28s -- Flight Global

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