China in Indian Ocean Region

ISBN-13: 9788184249774 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 290 str.

R. Sidda Goud; Manisha Mookherjee

Opis

This edited book is the outcome of the International Conference on China in Indian Ocean Region, held on 13th-14th November 2014, organized by UGC Centre for Indian Ocean Studies, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Indian Ocean, third largest ocean in the world surpasses the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as the worlds largest and most strategically significant trade corridor. Indian Ocean Region (IOR) which is surrounded by Africa, Asia and Australia serves as a maritime highway, linking trans-continental human and economic relationships. Being the worlds most populated region, one third of the worlds bulk cargo and around two thirds of worlds oil ship tankers pass through it. Chinas interest in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) can be traced back to the early 1960s. Ever since Beijing has been increasingly deepening its presence in the IOR for a variety of reasons-oil, trade, security, etc., over 30 per cent of Chinas seaborne trade worth about US $300 billion transits across IOR. Sharing a quarter of the worlds population, China faces ever increasing demand for energy. China has little choice but to look beyond its borders for its energy needs. About 77 per cent of its oil imports are sourced from West Asia and Africa and these are transported through the Indian Ocean. Thus Chinas dependence on the Indian Ocean continues to grow for energy imports from the Gulf, to import resources from Africa and trade with Europe. With China steadily spreading its footprints in the Indian Ocean Region with increasing military presence and with the rapidly growing Navy being equipped with warships, destroyers and nuclear submarines, this book analyses in depth growing Chinese influence in Indian Ocean Region (IOR), Geopolitical interests of China, Security and Economic implication for India. This volume will be of considerable interest to the students and scholars of international relations in the contemporary situation.