But China has always remained astute, and has been particularly acutely aware of the strategic importance of the region, Mr Gray argued. “If you look at Chinese writing at think tanks, on foreign policy issues…[they] write very eloquently about how different islands fit in to communication channels, and sea lines across the Pacific, and have been across this throughout the 21 Century.”
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