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China’s New Need for a Maritime Focus

Mar 30, 2009 | 18:16 GMT

The Chinese Navy missile destroyer 115 Shenyang docks at the port of Qingdao, China, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army Navy on April 20, 2009.

QINGDAO, CHINA - APRIL 20: Chinese Navy missile destroyer 115 Shenyang docks at Qingdao Port to attend an international fleet review to be held on April 23 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army Navy on April 20, 2009, in Qingdao of Shandong Province, China. (Photo by Guang Niu/Getty Images)

(Photo by Guang Niu/Getty Images)

China now needs resources from beyond its shores as well as new and secure trade routes, and it must look to the sea to achieve these imperatives. Developing and deploying an oceangoing force with global reach will not be easy. But the cost to China of building an expeditionary navy no longer outweighs the risk of not building one....

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