China’s navy mulls push into Arabian Sea

A Chinese admiral’s proposal to build a naval base in the Gulf of Aden, ostensibly to supports Beijing’s anti-piracy flotilla off Somalia, has alarm bells ringing in the region.
China’s growing naval encroachment in the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean to protect its Middle Eastern oil supplies threatens eventual conflict with India, its longtime rival and Asia’s other economic titan that is also flexing its muscles in its regional quest for oil.
The Chinese navy joined the international operation against the Somali pirates a year ago with a couple of warships and a supply ship.
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