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NO ORDINARY BOATS: CRACKING THE CODE ON CHINA’S SPRATLY MARITIME MILITIAS
By Ryan Martinson
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Chinese Naval base in Africa to support carriers
Amid China's growing influence in Africa, a top US commander has revealed how a recently completed pier at the Chinese naval base in Djibouti, near the entrance to the Red Sea, is large enough to..
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Chinese Maritime Militia Disperses Amid Political Standoff With the Philippines and the US
A political standoff between China and the Philippines over a reef in the South China Sea has begun to subside, while Taiwan reacts to a new normal of continuous Chinese military activity around the..
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ARCTIC GEOPOLITICS: CHINA’S REMAPPING OF THE WORLD
China’s ambitions in the Arctic are suggestive of a new geopolitical perspective. How do maps visualise the Arctic Silk Road, and China as a ‘near-Arctic state’? And what does this mean for Arctic..
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China v Russia v America: is 2021 the year Orwell’s 1984 comes true?
It may just be coincidence that Russia was piling military pressure on Ukraine last week at the same time as China noisily rattled sabres around Taiwan. Spring, to mangle Tennyson, is when a young..
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A FUTURE CHINESE INDIAN OCEAN FLEET?
The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is now the largest navy in the world. This development, announced in the U.S. Department of Defense’s 2020 annual report on the Chinese military, appears to..
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Maritime Law to Give Beijing Edge in South China Sea Disputes
Chinese officials will pass a basic maritime law to formalise their sovereignty claims over the contested, resource-rich South China Sea and defend those claims more effectively in the international..
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China, Malaysia, Taiwan & Vietnam's 'excessive' South China Sea Claims
China, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam have made “excessive maritime claims” over the South China Sea, according to the Annual Freedom of Navigation Report 2020 prepared by the US Department of Defence.
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