{"id":3248,"date":"2017-03-29T19:37:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T09:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/?p=3248"},"modified":"2023-08-06T15:56:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T05:56:41","slug":"advancing-chinas-south-china-sea-dominance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/advancing-chinas-south-china-sea-dominance\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing China\u2019s South China Sea dominance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/asiainsights\/tag\/peter-layton\/\">PETER LAYTON<\/a>\u00a0|<\/p>\n<p>In a recent PLA Navy (PLAN) journal article, South Sea Fleet officers declared that China has achieved military supremacy in the South China Sea. This may seem simply a statement of fact given China\u2019s militarisation of its six newly reclaimed islands. Indeed, the CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative this week concluded the construction of military and dual-use infrastructure on the &#8216;big 3&#8217; &#8211; Subi, Mischief and Fiery Cross Reefs &#8211; is largely complete. The PLAN, however, is literally the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s armed naval wing and so this article was presumably published to convey specific messages.<\/p>\n<p>For a domestic audience, the messages might be that China\u2019s new assertiveness is helping restore national self-respect, that military power is important, and that the Communist Party is delivering high-quality outcomes. For an international audience however, the message appears more pointed: China now dominates the region and all should behave accordingly. As Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said earlier: &#8216;Here is a gentle reminder\u2026China will not bully small countries, meanwhile, small countries shall not make trouble wilfully and endlessly&#8217;. 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Such a prediction appears, at best, audacious given Donald Trump last year \u00a0campaigned on the previous Obama administration&#8217;s lack of a forceful response to China\u2019s South China Sea actions.<\/p>\n<p>Please click here to read the full <span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/the-interpreter\/advancing-china-s-south-china-sea-dominance\">Advancing China&#8217;s South China Sea dominance<\/a>\u201d <\/span>article in the Lowy Interpreter by Griffith Asia Institute Visiting\u00a0Fellow, Dr Peter Layton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PETER LAYTON\u00a0| In a recent PLA Navy (PLAN) journal article, South Sea Fleet officers declared that China has achieved military supremacy in the South China Sea. This may seem simply a statement of fact given China\u2019s militarisation of its six newly reclaimed islands. 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