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100	1		_aLIM Yves-Heng
245			_aChina's rising naval ambitions in the Indian Ocean: aligning ends, ways and means/ _cYves-Heng Lim
260			_c2020
520			_aThis 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.
650			_aCHINA _x NAVAL
650			_aCHINA _x MARITIME
773			_aAsian Security: Vol 16, No. 3, 2020, pp. 396-412 (21A)
856			_u https://doi.org/10.1080/14799855.2020.1721469 _z click for text
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