Anxiety as China Responds to Global Challenges.
Michael Auslin, American Enterprise Institute | January 14, 2009
China’s deployment of two Chinese destroyers in Somalia as a response to the piracy threat opens a new chapter in Chinese security policy. ++ Although at face value the move is not threatening, it portrays China’s commitment to develop its naval capabilities and reveals a growing access to important trade routes. ++ The new development cannot be ignored by the US, which should seek to cooperate with China on areas of common interest and at the same time try to temper the concerns of regional states anxious of Chinese expansion.
