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191. Senior Captain Xu Qi, PLAN, “Maritime Geostrategy and
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192. A Chinese Southeast Asia expert notes that Sino-Burmese
military and security relations have strengthened, with China assisting
in the construction and modernization of Burmese naval
bases by repairing and constructing radars and fuel facilities.
Burma’s leaders, he claims, have pledged to support China if it
needs to defend its interests. 林锡星 (Li Xixing), Jinan University
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, “中缅石油管道设计中的美印
因素” (“The Influence of the U.S. and India on the Sino-Myanmar
Oil Pipeline Proposal”), 东南亚研究 (Southeast Asian Studies), No.
5, 2007, p. 34. For a more skeptical assessment, see Andrew Selth,
“Burma, China and the Myth of Military Bases,” Asian Security,
Vol. 3, No. 3, September 2007, pp. 279–307.
193. See Lin Zhaowi, “China Offers Help on Strait Security—Malacca
Strait Safety Among Possible Areas of Cooperation
with S’pore,” Straits Times, November 13, 2009, OSC
SEP20091113118002; and “Singapore and China Sign Defense
Pact,” Straits Times, January 8, 2008, OSC CPP20080108094003.
194. Unless otherwise specified, data from this table are from
Sean Gibson, ed., Ports & Terminals Guide 2009-10, Vols. 1-4, Surrey,
UK: Lloyd’s Register-Fairplay Ltd., 2008.
195. “Gwadar Port,” Gwadar News & Business Source, available
from www.gwadarnews.com/gwadar-port.asp.
196 . The author thanks Bernard Cole for this point.
197. “A well-executed (Gulf of Aden) operation might tip the
balance in favor of those Chinese strategists who want their country
to acquire aircraft carriers, large amphibious ships, more effec-
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