In a recent piece in the state-run China Daily, Chinese naval experts rejected the idea that their country’s peacekeeping and anti-piracy missions in the Indian Ocean were aimed at flexing military muscles overseas and taking control of strategic waterways.
James R. Holmes, the JC Wylie chair of maritime strategy at the US Naval War College, is largely in sync with his Chinese colleagues. “China has been at counter-piracy for a decade now. The PLA Navy has made measurable contributions to maritime security, helping China act as a good international citizen, and at the same time keeping a flotilla on station over a long period of In a recent piece in the state-run China Daily, Chinese naval experts rejected the idea that their country’s peacekeeping and anti-piracy missions in the Indian Ocean were aimed at flexing military muscles overseas and taking control of strategic waterways.
James R. Holmes, the JC Wylie chair of maritime strategy at the US Naval War College, is largely in sync with his Chinese colleagues. “China has been at counter-piracy for a decade now. The PLA Navy has made measurable contributions to maritime security, helping China act as a good international citizen, and at the same time keeping a flotilla on station over a long period of In a recent piece in the state-run China Daily, Chinese naval experts rejected the idea that their country’s peacekeeping and anti-piracy missions in the Indian Ocean were aimed at flexing military muscles overseas and taking control of strategic waterways.
