China's Naval Strategy
In a landmark ruling on Tuesday, an international tribunal in The
Hague rejected China's extensive claims to sovereignty over the waters
of the South China Sea, saying they lacked legal basis. In a statement,
the Chinese Foreign Ministry dismissed the ruling: “China’s territorial
sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea
shall under no circumstances be affected by those awards.” China refused
to participate in the tribunal, arguing that the court doesn’t have
jurisdiction.
In his March in-depth article for World Politics Review, James R. Holmes explored China's naval posture,
asking if China is building a "string of pearls" — a network of naval
bases or lesser port facilities encircling India from the sea and
fettering its ambitions — in the Indian Ocean. Although New Delhi has
been wary of Beijing's naval posturing, Holmes writes that, contrary to
its aggressive and coercive use of sea power in the South China Sea,
Beijing appears to play by different, less confrontational rules in the
waters west of the Indonesian archipelago.
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