Figure 1. US Strategic Guidance Documents"® Map 1. Highlights of US Rebalancing® Map 2. Worldwide Trade Routes** Map 3. Geographic size of Australia and Europe compared Table 3. South Korea’s Trade (in Millions of US Dollars) Map 4. China’s Silk Road Economic Belt and Maritime Silk Road Source: Xinhua, 8 May 2014 In a 2010 article in Beijing Xiandai Guoji Guanxi (Beijing Contemporary International Relations), published by State Council’s Chinese Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), deputy director of PLA’s National Defense University Tang Yongsheng also wrote a piece expounding China’s westward strategy.” He argues that China, with its vast territory and rising strength, is not only a Pacific nation but also a nation of the Eurasian heartland. As such, Tang stated that China would now place importance on this westward strategy while maintaining vigilance on managing the Asia- Pacific area, in a two-pronged approach. Map 4. China’s Silk Road Economic Belt and Maritime Silk Road
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