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The rapid modernization of the Chinese Navy is a well-documented reality of the post-Cold War world. In two decades, the People's Liberation Army Navy has evolved from a backward force composed of obsolete platforms into a reasonably modern fleet whose growth is significantly shaking the naval balance in East Asia. The rationale behind China's contemporary rise at sea remains, however, difficult to grasp and few people have tried to see how the current structure of the international system has shaped Chinese choices. This book makes sense of Chinese priorities in its naval modernization in a...

China and India have gained considerable weight in Asian affairs, to the point that, in the Chinese case, one might wonder about the possibility for a power transition at the regional level, with the US in the unenviable role of the declining power. This book indicates the ground trends for the rising competition between China and India.