Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Is 'String of Pearls' Overblown?

An article in The Diplomat claims that China's current strategic expansion doesn't represent a true acquisition of a network of naval bases, like those of the USA or Imperial Britain. Instead it's just a natural expansion of maritime commerce, the article claims.

2 comments:

Pagan said...

7,000 Chinese construction workers for Bahamas resort

bly243001 said...

A certain Maoist-loving sinophile ex-diplomat has been saying this for many years, so I have to assume that it is NOT overblown.