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151. 李大光 (Li Daguang, National Defense University), “专
家: 出兵打海盗可检验中国海军的远洋战力” (“Expert: Sending
Troops to Fight Pirates Can Test Chinese Navy’s Overseas Capabilities”),
环球时报 (Global Times), December 23, 2008, available
from mil.huanqiu.com/Observation/2008-12/322668.html.
152. Dai uses the PLA’s one week limit on offensives during
the Korean War as an analogy to current logistical limitations.
“Colonel: China Must Establish Overseas Bases, Assume the Responsibility
of a Great Power,” Global Times, February 5, 2009,
available from www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/7_0_100877861_1.
html. It should be noted that most participating countries only
have a ship or two operating in the area and few have sent an
AOR along with their destroyers and frigates.
153. Li Jie is cited in “军事专家: 中国应考虑在非洲设陆上支援
中心” (“Military Expert: China Should Consider Establishing a
Land-based Support Center in East Africa”), 中评社 (Zhongping
News Agency), May 21, 2009, available from gb.chinareviewnews.
com/doc/4_16_100975224_1.html.
154. This refers to the idea that a peaceful external environment
for economic development globalization and integration of
China into the global economy allow China to benefit from diversion
of U.S. attention to countering terrorism.
155. The People’s Liberation Army Navy: A Modern Navy with
Chinese Characteristics, Suitland, MD.: Office of Naval Intelligence,
July 2009, p. 45.
156 . Ibid., pp. 13, 18, 20.
157. 刘明福, 程钢, 孙学富 (Liu Mingfu, Cheng Gang, and Sun
Xuefu), “人民军队历史使命的又一次与时俱进” (“The Historical
Mission of the People’s Army Once Again Advances with the
Times”), 解放军报 (Liberation Army Daily), December 8, 2005, p.
6. See also 杨毅, 主编 (Yang Yi, chief editor), 国家安全战略研究
(Research on National Security Strategy), Beijing, China: 国防大
学出版社 (National Defense Univ. Press), 2007, p. 323.
158. For “great maritime power,” 丁玉宝, 郭益科, 周根山
(Ding Yubao, Guo Yike, and Zhou Genshan), “胡锦涛在会见海军
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