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100 1 _aCHOUDHURY Diptendu
245 _aExpanding role of PLAAF in China's national security strategy/
_cDiptendu Choudhury
260 _c2020
520 _aThe need to sustain the economy and energy flow makes the East and South China seas vital to it. Its vulnerabilities also lie on its seaboard. To dominate the maritime spaces, it needs to own the contiguous airspace as well. The prescient Chinese leadership has transformed its Air Force into a strategic instrument of power, to protect its economic lifelines, geo-political interests and regional dominance.
650 _aCHINA
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650 _aCHINA
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650 _aSECURITY STRATEGY
773 _aStrategic Analysis: Vol 44, No. 6, 2020, pp. 521-541 (26A)
598 _aENERGY, CHINA, SECURITY, STRATEGY, NATSEC
856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1080/09700161.2020.1841100
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