China Builds Aircraft Carriers:Its Strategic & Security Implications / 中共發展航空母艦之戰略安全意涵

碩士 / 淡江大學 / 國際事務與戰略研究所碩士在職專班 / 97 / China has been suffering foreign invasions and suppression since the Opium War. Foreign military technology in particular has caused widespread shock and damage. As aircraft carrier and nuclear force are the two emblems for modern military might. China is convinced that aircraft carrier is the key for its sea power to transform from a brown-water navy into a blue-water navy. For China, aircraft carrier is an irreplaceable symbol for a country with awesome comprehensive national power; Beijing intends to construct one or a few aircraft carrier battle groups (CVBGs) to safeguard its immense sea border, ensure the integrity of the sovereignty of its territorial waters and maritime interests, and to consolidate its national confidence.
In recent years, China uses its economic power to build up armed forces commensurate with its national development so as to facilitate its rise to regional great power with global influence. Beijing is convinced that the modernization and expansion of the PLA Navy (PLAN) is the key for the rise of China. In turn, the PLAN leadership is endeavoring to fulfill its role as a national policy actor: not only as a contributor in sustaining have the quickly increasing national power, but also as a protector of the country’s economy. Consequently, the primary strategic implications of the construction program of aircraft carrier include the
following two points: First, the fulfillment of Chinese of nationalism; and Second, safeguarding the sea line of communication for oil transportation to ensure its economic development; and Third, maritime territorial security can be well protected.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TW/097TKU05322033
Date January 2009
CreatorsMing-Cheng Chen, 陳明政
ContributorsAlexander Chieh-cheng Huang, 黃介正
Source SetsNational Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan
Languagezh-TW
Detected LanguageEnglish
Type學位論文 ; thesis
Format160

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