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These developments, significantly, are in sync with [[China]]'s much pronounced Maritime Silk Route strategy — a prominent feature of the upcoming 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020). The maritime route is a proposed sea network of ports, coastal infrastructure projects beginning in Quanzhou in the Fujian province and culminating in the northern [[Mediterranean Sea]]. By virtue of this fresh strategy, [[Beijing]] seeks to gain greater access to the strategic pathways of the [[Indian Ocean]], alleviated access to [[Persian Gulf]] oil — which consequently shall reduce its dependence on the passage through the [[Straits of Malacca]] — a key potential vulnerability for China in the event of a future conflict.<ref>http://www.sunday-guardian.com/analysis/china-eyes-18-overseas-naval-bases</ref>
These developments, significantly, are in sync with [[China]]'s much pronounced Maritime Silk Route strategy — a prominent feature of the upcoming 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020). The maritime route is a proposed sea network of ports, coastal infrastructure projects beginning in Quanzhou in the Fujian province and culminating in the northern [[Mediterranean Sea]]. By virtue of this fresh strategy, [[Beijing]] seeks to gain greater access to the strategic pathways of the [[Indian Ocean]], alleviated access to [[Persian Gulf]] oil — which consequently shall reduce its dependence on the passage through the [[Straits of Malacca]] — a key potential vulnerability for China in the event of a future conflict.<ref>http://www.sunday-guardian.com/analysis/china-eyes-18-overseas-naval-bases</ref>
==Pakistan==
The port at Gwadar on the Indian Ocean in [[Pakistan]] is a key part of China’s [[Belt and Road Initiative]]. It’s part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor—or CPEC. It aims to give China access to the Indian Ocean. An official CPEC roadway and energy pipeline shows plans to link Gwadar with China’s [[Xinjiang]] Autonomous region. A 2020 US Naval War College study however says, Chinese analysts have come to view the plan as not viable. According to reports, “Shipping and industrial activity at the port are negligible. And for the vast majority of Gwadar’s residents, conditions are unchanged or worse.” China’s fishing trawler fleet has devastated the ocean and forced local fishermen out. And many of the promised benefits from the CPEC have not happened. Major projects—including a vocational training center, medical hospital, and desalination plant—have either been delayed, scaled-down, or dropped. Large scale protests among the local population erupted.
==Republic of Maldives==
==Republic of Maldives==