China: A Strategy of Naval Dominance
Komentarz ZBN
No 3 (21) / 2017
13 December 2017
Growing tensions at the Korean peninsula have focused attention of the international community. In the meantime some other disturbing processes have been initiated in the region of south-east Asia. The new Chinese defense strategy announced in 2015 emphasizes the role of the naval capabilities. A new approach in the Chinese strategic thinking carries more than just a symbolic meaning. It is a part of the massive campaign aiming at an uncontested regional domination. Comprehensive strategy of Beijing includes coordinated efforts embedded in economic, military and diplomatic domains. Some benchmarks have been crossed this year by China in the sphere of regional economy. The world’s biggest off-shore drilling platform Blue Whale 1 installed at the South China Sea raised high tensions between Hanoi and Beijing. Chinese aggressive economic policies are backed up by robust naval development plans. Maritime domain plays a key role in Beijing’s anti access/ area denial plans. Such capability effectively renders impossible any third party involvement in a potential military crisis in this region. Beijing consequently proceeds towards complete domination of the South China Sea .
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