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The Maldivian project is a case in point, in which China is developing the iHavan Integrated Development Project in the northernmost main sea line of communication joining Southeast Asia and China to West Asia and Europe.<ref>https://youtu.be/gE1iI5cWsPw</ref>  The iHavan project is riding on huge concessional loans/aid financing from China and it is being forecast that [[Maldives]] shall almost certainly default on payments, thereby allowing China to seize a few berthing facilities there.

The Maldivian project is a case in point, in which China is developing the iHavan Integrated Development Project in the northernmost main sea line of communication joining Southeast Asia and China to West Asia and Europe.<ref>https://youtu.be/gE1iI5cWsPw</ref>  The iHavan project is riding on huge concessional loans/aid financing from China and it is being forecast that [[Maldives]] shall almost certainly default on payments, thereby allowing China to seize a few berthing facilities there.

This pattern could well be adopted in the future with many other countries, especially since official Chinese publications including Xinhua have advocated and "advised" the [[PLA Navy]] to build as many as 18 overseas naval military bases in the greater Indian Ocean area, possibly including: Chongjin port (North Korea), Moresby port ([[Papua New Guinea]]), Sihanoukville port ([[Cambodia]]), Koh Lanta port (Thailand), Sittwe port ([[Myanmar]]), Dhaka port ([[Bangladesh]]), Gwadar port ([[Pakistan]]), Hambantota port (Sri Lanka), Maldives, [[Seychelles]], Djibouti port ([[Djibouti]]), Lagos port ([[Nigeria]]), Mombasa port ([[Kenya]]), Dar-es-Salaam port ([[Tanzania]]), Luanda port ([[Angola]]) and the Walvis Bay port ([[Namibia]]).<ref>

This pattern could well be adopted in the future with many other countries, especially since official Chinese publications including Xinhua have advocated and "advised" the [[PLA Navy]] to build as many as 18 overseas naval military bases in the greater Indian Ocean area, possibly including: Chongjin port (North Korea), Moresby port ([[Papua New Guinea]]), Sihanoukville port ([[Cambodia]]), Koh Lanta port (Thailand), Sittwe port ([[Myanmar]]), Dhaka port ([[Bangladesh]]), Gwadar port ([[Pakistan]]), Hambantota port (Sri Lanka), Maldives, [[Seychelles]], Djibouti port ([[Djibouti]]), Lagos port ([[Nigeria]]), Mombasa port ([[Kenya]]), Dar-es-Salaam port ([[Tanzania]]), Luanda port ([[Angola]]) and the Walvis Bay port ([[Namibia]]).<ref>http://www.sunday-guardian.com/analysis/china-eyes-18-overseas-naval-bases</ref>

==See also==

==See also==