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23/01/05
– Chine
- Pékin veut protéger ses routes du pétrole -
China
protect its oil shipments... (Ce Repère a été publié le
21/01 dans le Club Strategic Road)
China
builds up strategic sea lanes
Washington Times 18/01/05
"China is building up military forces and setting up
bases along sea lanes from the Middle East to project its
power overseas and protect its oil shipments, according to a
previously undisclosed internal report prepared for Defense
Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
"China is building strategic relationships along the sea
lanes from the Middle East to the South China Sea in ways that
suggest defensive and offensive positioning to protect China's
energy interests, but also to serve broad security
objectives," said the report sponsored by the director,
Net Assessment, who heads Mr. Rumsfeld's office on
future-oriented strategies..."
"...The internal report stated that China is adopting a
"string of pearls" strategy of bases and diplomatic
ties stretching from the Middle East to southern China that
includes a new naval base under construction at the Pakistani
port of Gwadar.
Beijing already has set up electronic eavesdropping posts at
Gwadar in the country's southwest corner, the part nearest the
Persian Gulf. The post is monitoring ship traffic through the
Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea, the report said.
Other "pearls" in the sea-lane strategy include:
• Bangladesh: China is
strengthening its ties to the government and building a
container port facility at Chittagong. The Chinese are
"seeking much more extensive naval and commercial
access" in Bangladesh.
• Burma: China has developed
close ties to the military regime in Rangoon and turned a
nation wary of China into a "satellite" of Beijing
close to the Strait of Malacca, through which 80 percent of
China's imported oil passes.
China is building naval bases in Burma
and has electronic intelligence gathering facilities on
islands in the Bay of Bengal and near the Strait of Malacca.
Beijing also supplied Burma with "billions of dollars in
military assistance to support a de facto military
alliance," the report said.
•Cambodia: China signed a military
agreement in November 2003 to provide training and equipment.
Cambodia is helping Beijing build a railway line from southern
China to the sea.
•South China Sea: Chinese activities
in the region are less about territorial claims than
"protecting or denying the transit of tankers through the
South China Sea," the report said.
China also is building up its military
forces in the region to be able to "project air and sea
power" from the mainland and Hainan Island. China
recently upgraded a military airstrip on Woody Island and
increased its presence through oil drilling platforms and
ocean survey ships.
•Thailand: China is considering
funding construction of a $20 billion canal across the Kra
Isthmus that would allow ships to bypass the Strait of
Malacca. The canal project would give China port facilities,
warehouses and other infrastructure in Thailand aimed at
enhancing Chinese influence in the region, the report said.
The report reflects growing fears in the Pentagon about
China's long-term development. Many Pentagon analysts believe
China's military buildup is taking place faster than earlier
estimates, and that China will use its power to project force
and undermine U.S. and regional security..."
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