2005 REPORT TO CONGRESS OF THE U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2005/05annual_report_contents.htm
Chapter 3: China’s Military Power and America’s Interests
China’s Effort to Dominate the Asia Pacific Region and its Impact on U.S. Interests
China’s Regional Strategy
China’s military modernization is driven by factors beyond its immediate focus on Taiwan. China has several unresolved security issues that are maritime in nature.pursuit of territorial claims in the East and South China Seas, ensuring the security of imported energy and raw materials, and protecting its eastern seaboard. where U.S. forces remain a dominant presence. China scholar Paul Godwin notes that a careful reading of China’s defense white papers reflects a "fundamental apprehension of U.S. power and military presence both globally and in the Asia-Pacific region," and concludes that to address its insecurities China seeks to become Asia’s dominant military power.10 To do so will require China to project its military presence eastward where it will confront U.S. and allied forces and challenge U.S. security interests in the Pacific region.
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China and Japan may be headed for a conflict over territorial claims and natural gas deposits in the East China Sea estimated to be 200 billion cubic meters.located near the line Japan asserts but China denies is the boundary between the two countries’ jurisdictions. Nationalist sentiments run deep in both countries; this increases the risk that an accident or unexpected incident quickly would escalate into a full-blown confrontation. Such an incident could arise out of China’s increasingly frequent and aggressive military intrusions into Japanese waters and airspace. Since this dispute arose in the early 1970s, China has claimed the Japanese controlled Senkaku Islands (Diaoyutai in Chinese) and an economic exclusion zone (EEZ) that extends to the edge of the continental shelf, encroaching on Japanese territorial claims. A continuing pattern of intrusions by Chinese oil exploration and ocean research vessels, warships, and military aircraft into the contested areas and a contentious Chinese drilling operation feed this simmering dispute. (2005年11月14日 18時15分33秒)
Chinese assertiveness and intrusions are a growing concern. In July 2004, Japanese forces intercepted Chinese navy and civilian survey vessels conducting operations within the Japanese EEZ, in possible violation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to which both countries are signatory. In November 2004, the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (MSDF) chased a Chinese Han-class nuclear submarine from Japanese territorial waters near the southern island of Okinawa. In September 2005, a Chinese Navy destroyer aimed its guns at a MSDF surveillance plane near the disputed waters and five other Chinese naval vessels were observed operating in the area. In addition, Chinese spy planes entered the disputed area on at least three occasions between September and October 2005. The increasing frequency and aggressiveness of these Chinese provocations could lead unexpectedly to a military confrontation with Japan, one of the United States’ strongest alliance partners, so that it would be difficult for the United States to avoid becoming a party to the conflict.
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