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China Navy Influence
China Navy patrols in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden is intended to extend China's naval role and presence far from its shores while demonstrating, under United Nations rules of engagement, a capability to conduct complex operations in distant waters.
Taking on pirates under the placard of internationalism offers China a welcome opportunity to add force to its global power ambitions. The anti piracy plank earlier made it handy for Beijing to agree to joint patrols with other countries in the Arabian Sea and extend cooperation to international anti piracy mission. Another China objective is to chip away at US maritime dominance in the Region a theater critical to fashioning a China-centric Asia. If China can assert naval power in the Gulf of Aden to expand its influence over the regional waterways and states, it will emerge as the preeminent Asian power.
The geopolitical importance of the Gulf of Aden today is beginning to rival that of the Pacific. Much of the global oil-export supply passes through the Indian Ocean region, particularly through two constricted passageways the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman, and the piracy-plagued Strait of Malacca.
Asserting naval presence in the Gulf of Aden and expanding maritime power in the Pacific are part of the high-stakes game of maritime chess China is now ready to play. Its buildup of naval forces directly challenges U.S. navel activities.
China, under girding its larger geostrategic motives, says it is considering adding to its navy fleet a first aircraft carrier a symbol of a nation's comprehensive power.
China navy modernization. Since 2000 alone, China has built at least 60 warships. Its navy now has a fleet of 860 vessels, including 60 submarines.
There is a clear strategic shift under way in China navy planning. Historically a major land power, China is now putting the accent on building long-range maritime power to help underpin geopolitical interests, including winning new allies and safeguarding its energy and economic investments in distant lands. China has been in the lead in avariciously acquiring energy and mineral assets in Sudan, Nigeria, Iran, Venezuela, Myanmar, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and other states. Through naval power-projection capability.
More significantly, rising naval power arms China with the heft to pursue mercantilist efforts to lock up long-term energy supplies, assert control over transport routes, and assemble a form of listening posts and special naval-access arrangements along the great trade arteries.
China naval power is set to grow exponentially. This will become evident as Beijing accelerates its construction of warships and begins to deploy naval assets far from its exclusive economic zone. In fact, China warships inducted in recent years have already been geared for blue-sea fleet operations. China is on track to deploy a fleet of nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarines (known as SSBNs). It has already developed its new Jin-class (Type 094) SSBN prototype, with satellite pictures showing one such submarine at the new China naval base at Sanya, on the southern coast of Hainan Island. Within the next 10 years, China could have more nuclear submarines and warships at sea in the future.
China Navy is extending its operations to a crucial international passageway the Indian Ocean. China indeed has moved in recent years to build ports in the Indian Ocean, including in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar. China has sought naval links with the Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Maldives, Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar.
This article written by me. Comments welcome.
China Navy patrols in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden is intended to extend China's naval role and presence far from its shores while demonstrating, under United Nations rules of engagement, a capability to conduct complex operations in distant waters.
Taking on pirates under the placard of internationalism offers China a welcome opportunity to add force to its global power ambitions. The anti piracy plank earlier made it handy for Beijing to agree to joint patrols with other countries in the Arabian Sea and extend cooperation to international anti piracy mission. Another China objective is to chip away at US maritime dominance in the Region a theater critical to fashioning a China-centric Asia. If China can assert naval power in the Gulf of Aden to expand its influence over the regional waterways and states, it will emerge as the preeminent Asian power.
The geopolitical importance of the Gulf of Aden today is beginning to rival that of the Pacific. Much of the global oil-export supply passes through the Indian Ocean region, particularly through two constricted passageways the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman, and the piracy-plagued Strait of Malacca.
Asserting naval presence in the Gulf of Aden and expanding maritime power in the Pacific are part of the high-stakes game of maritime chess China is now ready to play. Its buildup of naval forces directly challenges U.S. navel activities.
China, under girding its larger geostrategic motives, says it is considering adding to its navy fleet a first aircraft carrier a symbol of a nation's comprehensive power.
China navy modernization. Since 2000 alone, China has built at least 60 warships. Its navy now has a fleet of 860 vessels, including 60 submarines.
There is a clear strategic shift under way in China navy planning. Historically a major land power, China is now putting the accent on building long-range maritime power to help underpin geopolitical interests, including winning new allies and safeguarding its energy and economic investments in distant lands. China has been in the lead in avariciously acquiring energy and mineral assets in Sudan, Nigeria, Iran, Venezuela, Myanmar, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and other states. Through naval power-projection capability.
More significantly, rising naval power arms China with the heft to pursue mercantilist efforts to lock up long-term energy supplies, assert control over transport routes, and assemble a form of listening posts and special naval-access arrangements along the great trade arteries.
China naval power is set to grow exponentially. This will become evident as Beijing accelerates its construction of warships and begins to deploy naval assets far from its exclusive economic zone. In fact, China warships inducted in recent years have already been geared for blue-sea fleet operations. China is on track to deploy a fleet of nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarines (known as SSBNs). It has already developed its new Jin-class (Type 094) SSBN prototype, with satellite pictures showing one such submarine at the new China naval base at Sanya, on the southern coast of Hainan Island. Within the next 10 years, China could have more nuclear submarines and warships at sea in the future.
China Navy is extending its operations to a crucial international passageway the Indian Ocean. China indeed has moved in recent years to build ports in the Indian Ocean, including in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar. China has sought naval links with the Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Maldives, Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar.
This article written by me. Comments welcome.
