The Genesis and Role of Aircraft Carriers in China’s Geopolitics
May 2023 • Note 61 • Deng Xiaoping’s opening of China to international trade in 1978 and the ensuing dramatic economic boom could only be achieved by sea Flanked by land-based neighbours, none of whom are favorable to it, it is a geopolitical island. The Middle Kingdom has been able to develop by building portsLire la suite