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100			_aCHAN Edward Sing Yue _eauthor
245			_aChina’s discourse of maritime power: _ba thematic analysis / _cEdward Sing Yue Chan
260			_c2025
520			_aThe Chinese government is rapidly expanding its navy to achieve the goal of becoming a ‘strong maritime state’. China’s government leaders emphasise that a strong Chinese maritime state bears no resemblance to historical naval powers and argue that naval expansion is for ‘strategic support’ of maritime power building. This article interrogates official claims about the distinctiveness of China’s naval build up. Through an analysis of Chinese policy papers and scholarly literature produced between 2003 and 2023, the study identifies major themes of China’s maritime power. It concludes that the development is mostly aligned with the typical conceptual framework of maritime power building, even though its official discourse has pushed the concept of maritime power in novel and expansive directions.
650			_aCHINA _xMARITIME POWER _xMARITIME STRATEGY
773			_gJournal of Contemporary China, Volume 34, Number 153, May 2025, pages: 432-450
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10670564.2024.2319064 _zClick here for full text
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