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cant influence in the shaping of PLA strategy—warns that “some
of the foreign hostile forces” may “control the transport hubs
and important sea routes for China to keep contact with the outside,
and curb the lifeline China needs to develop.” 彭光谦 (Peng
Guangqian), “从着重维护生存利益到着重维护发展利益—对国家
安全战略指导重心转变的一点思” (“From the Focus on Safeguarding
the Interests of Survival to the Focus on Safeguarding the Interests
of Development”), 中国国防报 (National Defense News),
January 17, 2007, OSC CPP20070119710012. These statements
may allude to concerns about potential great power competitors,
but they could also apply even to non-state actors like pirates.
8. 田中 (Rear Admiral Tian Zhong), “海军非战争军事行动的
特点, 类型及能力建设” (“Characteristics, Types, and Capability
Development of Naval Non-War Military Operations”), 中国军事
科学 (China Military Science), No. 3, 2007; 沈金龙 (Shen Jinlong)
“海军非战争军事行动面临的挑战及对策” (“Naval Non-War Military
Operations: Challenges Faced and Coping Strategies”), 人民
海军 (People’s Navy), January 20, 2009, p. 4. Tian is the commander
of the North Sea Fleet, Shen is commander of a North Sea Fleet
support base.
9. China has 260 shipping companies. Its flagged merchant
fleet ranks fourth in the world, with 400,000 mariners crewing
3,300 ocean-going ships of 84.88 million deadweight tons. 张庆宝
(Zhang Qingbao), “‘海外经济利益应由自己来保护‘ —本报记者专
访国家交通运输部合作司司长局成志” (“’We Should Protect Our
Overseas Economic Interests’: An interview with Director-General
Ju Chengzhi of the International Cooperation Department
under the Ministry of Transportation”), 人民海军 (People’s Navy),
January 9, 2009, p. 4.
10. “10% of GDP Now Comes from Sea, Says Report,” China
Daily, April 10, 2007, available from www.chinadaily.com.cn.
11. Between January-October 2009, Chinese shipyards won
2.7 million compensated gross tons of total global ship orders, or
52.3 percent of the world total.
12. Skyrocketing car ownership will hamper efforts to make
China’s economy less petroleum-intensive.
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