This article is unabashed advocacy for China's sea power by one of China's leading national security experts closely tied to the People's Liberation Army.Sea power,argues the author,is vital to China's economic and political survival because (1)the Mahanian Sea Power theory still is applicable to China;(2)due to the existence of the United States,our world is still predominantly ruled by Hobbesian Law whereby the strong bully the weak;and (3)the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) taught China painful lessons about the importance of Sea Power.The author unambiguously argues that China needs to drastically increase its naval budget,ought to give up the romantic notion that "international cooperation" will be reliably successful in keeping China's sea lines of communication (SLOCs) open,and,finally,should not fear provoking strong reaction to its naval build-up from the United States.
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