The silk glove for China's iron fist
China is trying to disguise its South Asia "string of pearls" encirclement strategy with claims that it wants to create a 21st-century maritime Silk Road to improve trade and cultural exchange.
China betting on overland energy-supply lines
China's strategy to diversify supply routes for its rapidly rising energy imports has taken a major step forward as natural gas flows through a Myanmar pipeline.
Beijing's strategy to change the territorial and maritime status quo seems anchored in "salami slicing," which centers on a steady progression of small actions.
