China's rising naval ambitions in the Indian Ocean: aligning ends, ways and means/ Yves-Heng Lim

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2020Subject(s): Online resources: In: Asian Security: Vol 16, No. 3, 2020, pp. 396-412 (21A)Summary: This article argues that China's trajectory over the last ten years reflects an alignment of ends, ways and means in the Indian Ocean. The main driver behind China's ambitions in the region is the need for Beijing to secure pivotal maritime lines of communications that carry a large share of Chinese oil imports and a sizable part of Chinese exports.
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This article argues that China's trajectory over the last ten years reflects an alignment of ends, ways and means in the Indian Ocean. The main driver behind China's ambitions in the region is the need for Beijing to secure pivotal maritime lines of communications that carry a large share of Chinese oil imports and a sizable part of Chinese exports.

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