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CMSI Archive Translation: National Maritime Strategy Founded on Seapower Theory
Liu Yang [刘洋]
This article applies Alfred Thayer Mahan’s seapower theory to China’s maritime strategy, stressing far seas training, overseas bases, and cultivating seapower consciousness among the masses. It argues that China must shift from a “low profile” approach to “positive action,” stabilize a long-term maritime strategy, and openly declare its core interests. The author identifies securing the South China Sea, achieving influence over Southeast Asia, and protecting maritime energy routes to the Indian Ocean as essential objectives for sustaining China’s rise as a maritime power.
