China’s state-run People’s Daily published a defense of expansive maritime military plans on Sunday grounded in the need to protect the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) program, which uses infrastructure to grant Beijing a foothold in nearly every region of the world.
The Global Times, an English-language Chinese government newspaper, cites an article by Liu Jixian, former head of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Academy of Military Science in Beijing, in the People’s Daily this weekend unavailable on that newspaper’s English-language site promoting exponential Chinese military expansion.
“It is reasonable and necessary for China to strengthen its maritime power as it is becoming stronger,” Liu and other “experts” reportedly argued, according to government-controlled media.
“With the development of the Belt and Road initiative, massive personnel, resources and property are expanding to other countries and some countries are facing problems like war and terrorism,” Liu reportedly argued, suggesting that China has no choice but to protect its assets in volatile regions.
AAN Staff
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