China’s ambitious five-year strategic blueprint reveals its plan to become a global sea power, featuring pledges to secure its maritime periphery while countering American sanctions and other perceived external security threats. The aspirations were outlined in a broad policy document for the country’s 15th five-year plan adopted at the Communist Party’s fourth plenum last week in Beijing and released by state news agency Xinhua on Tuesday. While stressing “Chinese-style modernisation” through…


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