What is China's objective in militarizing the South China Sea?
:(I was reading a presentation from Capt James Fanell (retired director of intelligence and information operations at U.S. Pacific Fleet) on China's Navy:
He made this statement which caught my attention.
Transcript: The Rise of China’s Navy: A Discussion with Capt. James Fanell China built between – late 2011 and through 2015 seven artificial islands in the South China Sea. And three of those islands are the same size and dimensions, in terms of geography, as Pearl Harbor. One of them is the same dimension as the beltway that goes around Washington, D.C.
Given:
- Chinese president Xi Jinping in 2015 promised not to Militarize these Islands but they have done exactly that.
- That they have been harassing US navy ships operating in the region even coming close to raming a US destroyer.
- That they have alienated many of their neighbors who claim the waters these islands inhabit. That they are risking confrontation with Japan and the US. Japan having the largest most sophisticated Airforce in the region. The US having the 1st and 2nd largest air forces (USAF, USN) in the world. And China has been actively threatening both. - China now has more hulls than the US Navy.
- China is out producing the US navy in tonnage of ships. and will for the foreseeable future.
- China has superior anti ship missiles than the US Navy (Range, Speed, Power )
- China says the sea is part of their historic territory, a claim refuted by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. Western Intelligence experts asserted in 2011, China is after the natural resources in the South China Sea ( oil, natural gas, fish ).
Question:
Given we now understand that we badly underestimated the scale of China's militarization in the South China Sea and Navy, detailed above which seems like overkill to get natural resources; Is there a different strategic objective which they could be after by controlling that swath of ocean?
陈士杰打倒共产党！打倒习近平! 发英文帖子的时候，建议翻译一下，不是每个网友都懂英语。
陈士杰打倒共产党！打倒习近平! 我读了詹姆斯·法内尔上尉(退休的美国太平洋舰队情报和信息行动总监)关于中国海军的一份演示文稿：
他说的这句话引起了我的注意。
文字稿：中国海军的崛起：与詹姆斯·法内尔船长的讨论中国在2011年底至2015年期间在南海建造了七个人工岛。其中三个岛屿在地理上与珍珠港的大小和维度相同。其中之一的维度与环绕华盛顿特区的环城公路相同。
给予：
*中国国家主席习近平在2015年承诺不会将这些岛屿军事化，但他们确实做到了。
*他们一直在骚扰在该地区行动的美国海军舰艇，甚至差一点撞上一艘美国驱逐舰。
*他们疏远了许多声称对这些岛屿居住的水域拥有主权的邻国。他们冒着与日本和美国对抗的风险。日本拥有该地区最大、最先进的空军。美国拥有世界上第一和第二大空军(美国空军，美国海军)。中国一直在积极威胁这两个国家。-中国现在的船体比美国海军还多。
*中国正在生产美国海军的吨位船只。在可预见的未来也会如此。
*中国拥有优于美国海军的反舰导弹(射程、速度、威力)。
*中国表示，南海是其历史领土的一部分，海牙常设仲裁法院驳斥了这一说法。西方情报专家在2011年断言，中国追求的是南海的自然资源(石油、天然气、鱼类)。
问：鉴于我们现在了解到我们严重低估了中国在南海和海军的军事化规模，上文详细说明了这一点，这似乎是为了获取自然资源而矫枉过正；他们是否可以通过控制那片海洋来追求不同的战略目标？
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