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this is a photo of a shipyard in China

it shows nine warships a missile defense

system an aircraft carrier and a

hovercraft all being built

simultaneously in Shanghai and this is

just one of several shipyards churning

out warships all these ships are part of

China's new Navy which started off as a

coastal defense force protecting its

shores and has rapidly become a massive

group of integrated fleets capable of

reaching further and further out as

China and comes a global military power

but China insists is not interested in

using all this power to dominate the

region according to a recent government

report the Navy is only there to defend

itself and its interests and will never

try to seek hegemony expansion or

spheres of influence so what does

China's rapid naval expansion mean for

its neighbors

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here's what China sees when he looks

outside its borders it's one of the

biggest military vessels Japan has

commissioned a menacing reminder of

Vladimir Putin's military ambition

Chinese subs are a potential target the

indo-pacific region is becoming

increasingly volatile as China India the

US and others jockey for control to stay

on top China has dredged islands in the

South China Sea for new military bases

expanded its marine corps from 20,000

troops to 100,000 and introduced a whole

host of new military technologies

through its naval Arsenal as China's

economy has grown it has used its wealth

to secure strategic locations for any

future use by its Navy money has been

poured into ports across the Indian

Ocean in order to secure access rights

and it's not just money it's also about

resources China's large coast guard

fleets are supplemented by maritime

militias posing as fishermen but

answering directly to the military they

have harassed Vietnamese and Filipino

fishing fleets in an effort to control

resource for its regions like the South

China Sea and some regional leaders have

already accepted China's economic

dominance

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prevent him china's naval forces now

operate on a two-track path on the one

hand it's militias and coast guard are

dominating vital regions intimidating

the vessels of other countries in order

to establish control what we've seen in

the last few years is when there's been

disputes there's been a constant

reaching for diplomatic channels so

diplomatic game that china is playing

and and other countries are playing in

the region on the other the size and

power of the navy itself is stopping

China's neighbors from pushing back

against this low-level harassment China

doesn't want to engage in the military

strategy it uses military power to

enhance its influence across the region

but it's all part of the same package

even though the sea surrounding China

are increasingly under its control its

Navy hasn't slowed down instead it has

extended its reach with China's Navy

running joint exercises further afield

with Pakistan Iran South Africa and

Russia all this has made China's

neighbors increasingly fearful of the

giant in their midst in response to

live-fire drills near Taiwan the US

recently rushed through a large arm sail

for the Taiwanese government and after

China showed off its anti-ship and

hypersonic missiles Japan started

beefing up its own missile defenses and

Navy as China's military expands its

influence the potential for conflict is

growing its neighbors are unable at the

moment to go up against this rapidly

expanding regional power they're

concerned for the future quietly arming

and forging their own alliances in an

effort to protect themselves against the

rise of a regional soup

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