OPED By Padma Shri KN Pandita
Regarding the security challenges India faces, Admiral Kumar, the Navy chief, noted that China had maintained a continuous presence in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) since 2008, using “anti-piracy operations” as the reason.
China has a naval base in Djibouti and was also involved in developing various ports in the IOR, like Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Pakistan, and other countries. The Gwadar port of Pakistan, built by China, has now become an essential base for Chinese ships in the sensitive region of the Arabian Sea.
In its latest bid, China appears to have focussed on Pakistan as the strong naval rival to counter India in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). Creating proxies is the old strategy of colonialists and expansionists.
Beijing’s plan spreads over the IOR and the South China Sea. She wants to assert her hegemony over the islands scattered over the region.
Beijing is increasing its military presence around the self-governing island of Taiwan, seeking new security agreements with Pacific islands, and building artificial islands in disputed waters to fortify its territorial claims in the South China Sea, which the US and its allies have challenged.
China’s Navy is already the world’s largest by ship count and has been rapidly building new warships as part of a broader military expansion. It launched it is first domestically designed and built aircraft carrier in June, and at least five new destroyers are on the way soon.
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