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SAIL FAR SEAS

Even as it seeks to control its near seas, China is determined toexpand its naval presence in the "far seas". This is what great powers

have always done sanitise your neighbourhood against foreign

military presence and increase your strategic influence in distant

theatres. As China's economic interests become global and dispersed,

the PLA Navy has begun to transform itself into a genuine bluewater

force with the necessaryreach, endurance and skills to operate far

from its national shores. This month marks five years of unbroken

Chinese naval operations in the Gulf of Aden. Since December 2008,

China has dispatched task forces to the Arabian Sea to participate in

the anti-piracy activities.

According to a leading US naval expert, Andrew Erickson, "anti-

piracy operations have sharpened the Far Seas operational capacity

ofChinese PLAN crewmen, Special Forces soldiers, naval aviators,

and various surface platforms deployed off Somalia". They have a lso

helped PLAN learn the crafts of at-sea replenishment for its naval

task forces and create logistical networks to support the extended

deployments away from the homeland.

In the words of the Chinese newspaper Global Times, the forces

participating in this mission over the last five years have been

transformed from "maritime rookies into confident sea dogs".

(UN)MAKE ALLIANCES

China's maritime rise is not all about military technical capabilities.

It is about aligning naval power with political purposes. Although the

PLAN is some distance away from mastering the naval operational

arts, it has benefited immensely from a civilian leadership that has developed an effective maritime

strategy.

Central to this has been the focus on alliances, both positive and negative. In the far seas, China is

building special political relationships and deepening military partnerships with key countries in the

Indo-Pacific littoral. In the near seas, Beijing's emphasis is on loosening the traditional US alliances

and preventing its Asian neighbours from developing a united front against China. As part of this

strategy, Beijing has focused on isolating Japan, stoking American ambiguities and probing the

cleavage between Tokyo and Seoul.

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