China's Indian Ocean strategy will be hotly contested
With plans to link the Suez and Persian Gulf to the South China Sea, China is stepping up activities in the Indian Ocean
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- China's economic goals
- Pakistan
- Myanmar
- China's military moves
- Horn of Africa
- South Asia
- China-India strategic competition
- Naval build-up
- Threat perception
- New alliances?
- Japan, United States, South-east Asia, India
- Russia, China
- No straightforward march
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_350.jpg "Chinese and Russian naval vessels participate in the Joint Sea-2014 naval drill outside Shanghai on the East China Sea, May 24, 2014. (Reuters/China Daily)")