Silk Road String Of Pearls China

The maritime silk road is an attempt at re branding for china.

Silk road string of pearls china. The string of pearls and the maritime silk road. Now that the concept has been officially extended as far west as sri lanka its connection to the string of pearls is. Chinese navy in the ior. The string of pearls theory is used to refer to china s alleged ambition to build a series of economic hubs potential military installations from its southern shores and the south china sea through the strait of malacca all the way through the red sea to italy in the adriatic.

The string of pearls is a geopolitical theory on potential chinese intentions in the indian ocean region ior. Alleged that china was adopting a string of pearls strategy of bases stretching from the middle east to southern china. China has since set up the asian infrastructure investment bank and pledged 40 billion for the initiative. Stripped of its rhetoric the maritime silk road initiative just like the string of pearls project is designed to make china the hub of a new order in asia and the indian ocean region.

Silk roads and strings of pearls. Defense secretary donald h rumsfeld by defense contractor booz allen hamilton. 2 connectivity of asian european and african continents and their adjacent seas in order to enhance regional economic development. Yet china s first overseas base in djibouti which lays beyond the original pearls and is touted as a critical part of the maritime silk road adds the first explicit military component to its maritime silk road with official statements underscoring the base s objective of providing support for military operations other than war.

China s 21st century maritime silk road old string with new pearls. It refers to the network of chinese military and commercial facilities and relationships along its sea lines of communication which extend from the chinese mainland to port sudan in the horn of africa the sea lines run through several major maritime choke points such as the strait. While this may seem far fetched for. And just as the string of pearls focused on the great trade arteries the initiative targets key littoral states that sit astride major.

The strategic geography of china s new pathways in the indian ocean.